I have learned that vBulletin forums (and perhaps other types of forums too) all over the world are experiencing a huge increase in this sort of bot activity in the past few weeks. These bots are hitting thousands of accounts simultaneously, trying to get in to accounts, though I really don't know what there is of value in most vBulletin databases unless they are that desperate for email addresses. I am keeping my eye out for any plug ins or ways to combat it, but we are not the only ones experiencing this and so far there doesn't seem to be a way to stop it.
As I said before, they get locked out after a few attempts, so it's mostly just an annoyance, but it definitely IS annoying.
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