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The article talks about using poor password attack vectors. just clickbait. And What do you mean again? The bots never stopped. The scanning never stopped. Here is a guide to protect your openssh cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-unix-

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i will make an admission. one my linux installation got hacked many years ago. basically it was my idiotic mistake. i forgot to shutdown ssh server or firewall it. good news was that it was simplistic ddos attack script.