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		wyck on Jan 2, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Skype blog hacked This plugin does exactly that and is very effective. Everyone using WP should be using it. http://wordpress.org/plugins/limit-login-attempts/

Viper007Bond on Jan 2, 2014 [–]

I run this on my personal site to prevent drive-bys but it won't stop a determined hacker with many IPs.

Here's a proper solution to secure your account: http://wordpress.org/plugins/google-authenticator/

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