My ip address has been 'flagged for potential security violations'
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Hi all,
I just tried to access wp-admin for my site but a screen appeared telling me my ip address has been ‘flagged for potential security violations’.
When I click “Find out more’ it tells me could have been for “too many failed log-in attempts” but i haven’t accessed the site over the past week or so. Does this mean there was a hacking attempt?
Attempts to whitelist my ip address on wordpress.com have failed – it simply won’t let me enter the information. A large message pops up telling me “There was an error retrieving your site settings. Make sure your jetpack is up to date”.
However, I can’t update jetpack because I can’t get into the site.
Attempts to click on the red warning box are met with:
“Not Acceptable!
An appropriate representation of the requested resource could not be found on this server. This error was generated by Mod_Security.”
What’s going on?
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Hi There,
I am having a similar problem when I try to access my wp-admin for my site. It also states “flagged for potential security violations” and I am unable to log into my dashboard.
When I click ‘find out more’, it says I can go into my wordpress account – settings – security – whitelist in order to whitelist the IP address. I cannot find “whitelist” anywhere.
Does anyone know where I can locate this! Or have a better solution?
Thanks so much!
Rachelle
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