I'm having exactly the same problem, and also starting around the same time. I'm also having trouble stopping this with my very limited programming skills. The visitor numbers go from about 100 (normal) to 3000, which is a worry.My site has been under attack since Friday, they are only attacking the forum urls, I am now at 800,000 visitors according to Cloudflare 99% from Brazil this week.
I do have Cloudflare setup, and when I set it to 'I'm under attack' setting it seems to block all of them and things go back to normal. When I switch this off after a few days, the swarm of 3000 returns. I prefer not to have this setting ON all the time though.
When I check the 'who's online' there's no common identifier, so I can't use rules in cloudflare to block them.
If anyone can find an easy solution, please post?
Statistics: Posted by ttfan — Thu Feb 20, 2025 8:09 am