It seems that Fail2ban is currently not working, please login and check

HELP:

1.) stop the Service
/etc/init.d/fail2ban stop

2.) delete the socket if available
rm /tmp/fail2ban.sock

3.) start the Service 
/etc/init.d/fail2ban start

4.) check if fail2ban is working
fail2ban-client ping
Answer should be "pong"

5.) if the answer is not "pong" run away or  CRY FOR HELP ;-)