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AbuseIPDB » 138.197.188.20

138.197.188.20 was found in our database!

This IP was reported 197 times. Confidence of Abuse is 100%: ?

100%

ISP	DigitalOcean, LLC
Usage Type	Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit
ASN	AS14061
Domain Name	digitalocean.com
Country	🇩🇪 Germany
City	Frankfurt am Main, Hesse

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IP Abuse Reports for 138.197.188.20:

This IP address has been reported a total of 197 times from 110 distinct sources. 138.197.188.20 was first reported on October 18th 2025, and the most recent report was 6 hours ago.

Recent Reports: We have received reports of abusive activity from this IP address within the last week. It is potentially still actively engaged in abusive activities.

Reporter	IoA Timestamp (UTC)	Comment	Categories
🇺🇸 ras07	2026-06-19 11:00:09 (6 hours ago)	Brute force SSH login attempts.	Brute-Force SSH
🇳🇱 Cloud86 B.V.	2026-06-19 10:52:04 (6 hours ago)	categories: Brute-Force	Brute-Force
🇩🇪 ghostwarriors	2026-06-19 10:50:46 (6 hours ago)	Unauthorized connection attempt detected, SSH Brute-Force	Brute-Force Port Scan SSH
🇫🇮 ValtonTahiri	2026-06-19 10:50:34 (6 hours ago)	Windows IPBan blocked brute-force / failed login activity. Source=SSH; Username=TestUser; Count=6	Brute-Force SSH
🇺🇸 ezscale	2026-06-19 10:50:12 (6 hours ago)	SSH brute force on scp.dedicated.ezscale.tech (3 failures). Detected by fail2ban.	Brute-Force SSH
🇨🇦 Sling	2026-06-19 10:49:35 (6 hours ago)	[Auto ban] Fail2Ban jail sshd on host: 3 failures in 2h. Excerpt: 2026-06-19T10:44:15.538968+00:00 U ... show more [Auto ban] Fail2Ban jail sshd on host: 3 failures in 2h. Excerpt: 2026-06-19T10:44:15.538968+00:00 Ubuntu-Toronto1 sshd[2001097]: Invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 60374 2026-06-19T10:46:46.532351+00:00 Ubuntu-Toronto1 sshd[2002137]: Invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 57856 2026-06-19T10:49:34.632479+00:00 Ubuntu-Toronto1 sshd[2003269]: Invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 53856 show less	Brute-Force SSH
🇩🇪 pnpde.social	2026-06-19 10:49:09 (6 hours ago)	2026-06-19T12:43:55.387372+02:00 deneir sshd[2522417]: Failed password for invalid user TestUser fro ... show more 2026-06-19T12:43:55.387372+02:00 deneir sshd[2522417]: Failed password for invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 60838 ssh2 2026-06-19T12:46:21.358406+02:00 deneir sshd[2528988]: Invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 34020 2026-06-19T12:46:21.365154+02:00 deneir sshd[2528988]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=138.197.188.20 2026-06-19T12:46:23.047617+02:00 deneir sshd[2528988]: Failed password for invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 34020 ssh2 2026-06-19T12:49:08.727141+02:00 deneir sshd[2536477]: Invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 43798 ... show less	Brute-Force SSH
🇮🇹 alph44	2026-06-19 10:49:05 (6 hours ago)	SSH brute force attack detected: 5 failed attempts	Brute-Force
🇫🇷 viki53	2026-06-19 10:48:55 (6 hours ago)	Jun 19 12:43:43 portfolio-web sshd[1460718]: Failed password for invalid user TestUser from 138.197. ... show more Jun 19 12:43:43 portfolio-web sshd[1460718]: Failed password for invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 45948 ssh2 Jun 19 12:46:07 portfolio-web sshd[1460724]: Invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 58798 Jun 19 12:46:07 portfolio-web sshd[1460724]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=138.197.188.20 Jun 19 12:46:10 portfolio-web sshd[1460724]: Failed password for invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 58798 ssh2 Jun 19 12:48:55 portfolio-web sshd[1460754]: Invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 45400 ... show less	Brute-Force SSH
🇭🇺 sRichy	2026-06-19 10:48:47 (6 hours ago)	Jun 19 12:43:33 vpn sshd[3992868]: Invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 37858 Jun 19 12:45 ... show more Jun 19 12:43:33 vpn sshd[3992868]: Invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 37858 Jun 19 12:45:59 vpn sshd[3993309]: Invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 44828 Jun 19 12:48:45 vpn sshd[3993806]: Invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 34958 ... show less	Brute-Force SSH
🇯🇵 edisonjwa	2026-06-19 10:48:40 (6 hours ago)	2026-06-19T19:43:27.475851+09:00 Mitt-JP sshd[1438099]: Invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 po ... show more 2026-06-19T19:43:27.475851+09:00 Mitt-JP sshd[1438099]: Invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 57630 2026-06-19T19:45:53.740604+09:00 Mitt-JP sshd[1438112]: Invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 34872 2026-06-19T19:48:39.033020+09:00 Mitt-JP sshd[1438159]: Invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 35766 ... show less	Port Scan Brute-Force SSH
🇫🇮 Josh S.	2026-06-19 10:48:37 (6 hours ago)	2026-06-19T05:43:27.795736-05:00 vault sshd[1428971]: Failed password for invalid user TestUser from ... show more 2026-06-19T05:43:27.795736-05:00 vault sshd[1428971]: Failed password for invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 51584 ssh2 2026-06-19T05:45:51.723291-05:00 vault sshd[1447219]: Invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 47918 2026-06-19T05:45:51.769675-05:00 vault sshd[1447219]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=138.197.188.20 2026-06-19T05:45:53.667588-05:00 vault sshd[1447219]: Failed password for invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 47918 ssh2 2026-06-19T05:48:36.795022-05:00 vault sshd[1468601]: Invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 41412 ... show less	Brute-Force SSH
🇫🇷 adventureric1250gs	2026-06-19 10:48:28 (6 hours ago)	Jun 19 10:43:19 vps-93630192 sshd[994852]: Failed password for invalid user TestUser from 138.197.18 ... show more Jun 19 10:43:19 vps-93630192 sshd[994852]: Failed password for invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 41836 ssh2 Jun 19 10:45:43 vps-93630192 sshd[997732]: Invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 51132 Jun 19 10:45:43 vps-93630192 sshd[997732]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=138.197.188.20 Jun 19 10:45:45 vps-93630192 sshd[997732]: Failed password for invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 51132 ssh2 Jun 19 10:48:27 vps-93630192 sshd[1001652]: Invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 60920 ... show less	Brute-Force SSH
🇳🇱 ArtVitU	2026-06-19 10:48:19 (6 hours ago)	2026-06-19T10:43:11.065713+00:00 vultr sshd[1075490]: Failed password for invalid user TestUser from ... show more 2026-06-19T10:43:11.065713+00:00 vultr sshd[1075490]: Failed password for invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 56972 ssh2 2026-06-19T10:45:35.368970+00:00 vultr sshd[1077505]: Invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 34342 2026-06-19T10:45:35.385317+00:00 vultr sshd[1077505]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=138.197.188.20 2026-06-19T10:45:37.418772+00:00 vultr sshd[1077505]: Failed password for invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 34342 ssh2 2026-06-19T10:48:18.289678+00:00 vultr sshd[1079807]: Invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 34256 ... show less	Brute-Force SSH
🇬🇧 HyperSpeed	2026-06-19 10:48:15 (6 hours ago)	Jun 19 10:45:32 UK1 sshd[3640338]: Invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 56104 Jun 19 10:45 ... show more Jun 19 10:45:32 UK1 sshd[3640338]: Invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 56104 Jun 19 10:45:32 UK1 sshd[3640338]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=138.197.188.20 Jun 19 10:45:32 UK1 sshd[3640338]: Invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 56104 Jun 19 10:45:34 UK1 sshd[3640338]: Failed password for invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 56104 ssh2 Jun 19 10:48:14 UK1 sshd[3640346]: Invalid user TestUser from 138.197.188.20 port 38592 ... show less	Brute-Force SSH

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