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15 April 2013 · Peter Mahoney
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It’s more significant than ever to secure WordPress sites, otherwise there’s the risk that they could even be turned out to be used for criminal activities.
I already had safety measures in place to prevent brute force penetration but after seeing more than 10 thousand tries to logon into my blog in recent days I made the decision that regardless of whether they failed it wouldn’t harm having even stricter security.