continues unauthorised password reset requests

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    costumedesigneefkegmailcom · Member ·

    since a week or 2, I have been getting at least 1 mail a day with a request for a password reset. This is the actual mail coming from wordpress itself that happens when you click ‘forgot password’ in the login screen to your site. I have however, not clicked that button in a long time myself, meaning someone it trying to break into my site. If I ever get hacked in my email, I am screwed. Two questions:

    Is this happening to more people? Why me, why now?

    How can I prevent this? I can’t change this stupidly obvious username to the site, does anyone know a loophole or plugin or something?

    Thank you!

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    staartmees · Member ·

    You can’t prevent these things and these are quite harmless as only the owner is able to change his password. That’s why it’s important to have a strong password and if possible two step authentication for your wordpress;com account and your email.

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