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Asked: June 12, 2025In: Cybersecurity

Why do repeated failed login attempts not get blocked even though I enabled brute-force protection?

Benedict PierBegginer

A WordPress site and its firewall show that brute-force protection is enabled.Attackers are making thousands of login attempts from different IPs.No IPs are getting banned, and the logs show everything as “allowed.”The site is running behind a ...