Hack attempt on port 22222 - VantageVue and Netgear router **solved**
Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 8:45 pm
I have a TP-Link MR3020 which is wired to a Netgear router. It is in another residence of mine over 1,000 miles from where I'm living now.
I stopped receiving data about a week ago for a few days and found by looking at the "System" portion of Meteobridge, that I was being flooded, an intrusion attempt through port 22222. I traced the IP to Moscow, Russia. I remotely logged on to my Netgear and blocked this IP and after a reboot, everything started working normal again after an hour or so.
Has anyone else had this happen and is there a better port than 22222 or method to prevent this.
Thanks,
Glenn
I stopped receiving data about a week ago for a few days and found by looking at the "System" portion of Meteobridge, that I was being flooded, an intrusion attempt through port 22222. I traced the IP to Moscow, Russia. I remotely logged on to my Netgear and blocked this IP and after a reboot, everything started working normal again after an hour or so.
Has anyone else had this happen and is there a better port than 22222 or method to prevent this.
Thanks,
Glenn