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Credential stuffing attack on our web app – detection and response

By February 27, 2026 0 replies 1 views
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February 27, 2026

We detected a massive credential stuffing attack against our web application last week. Over 2 million login attempts from 15,000 unique IPs in 24 hours. Here’s how we detected it and what we did.

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Elena Volkov
Analyst · 1,500 XP
February 18, 2026

Key detection indicators for credential stuffing:

  • High volume of failed logins from distributed IPs
  • Login attempts using email addresses not in your user database
  • Unusual geographic distribution of login attempts
  • Automated patterns (consistent timing, user-agent strings)

For mitigation, implement rate limiting, CAPTCHA after failed attempts, and consider a WAF with bot detection capabilities.

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