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IP Abuse Reports for 68.98.212.253:
This IP address has been reported a total of
147
times from
115 distinct
sources.
68.98.212.253 was first reported on
, and the most recent report was
.
In the last 60 days, the top reporter locations were:
Germany
with 43
reports;
United States of America
with 29
reports;
France
with 18
reports.
The most common categories in these recent reports were:
Brute-Force
133
times;
SSH
129
times;
Port Scan
6
times;
Web App Attack
2
times;
DDoS Attack
2
times;
Other
8
times.
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.
Sep 4 11:36:37 wh02 sshd[1230900]: Invalid user Click-networks from 68.98.212.253 port 18377
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show moreSep 4 11:36:37 wh02 sshd[1230900]: Invalid user Click-networks from 68.98.212.253 port 18377
Sep 4 11:36:37 wh02 sshd[1230900]: Connection closed by invalid user Click-networks 68.98.212.253 port 18377 [preauth]
Sep 5 12:30:40 wh02 sshd[3226000]: Invalid user cat from 68.98.212.253 port 36660
Sep 5 12:30:41 wh02 sshd[3226000]: Connection closed by invalid user cat 68.98.212.253 port 36660 [preauth]
Sep 5 12:30:56 wh02 sshd[3226115]: Invalid user cat from 68.98.212.253 port 54340
Sep 5 12:30:57 wh02 sshd[3226115]: Connection closed by invalid user cat 68.98.212.253 port 54340 [preauth]
Sep 5 12:34:34 wh02 sshd[3236238]: Invalid user cat from 68.98.212.253 port 42519
Sep 5 12:34:34 wh02 sshd[3236238]: Connection closed by invalid user cat 68.98.212.253 port 42519 [preauth]
Sep 5 12:46:38 wh02 sshd[3250660]: Invalid user serah from 68.98.212.253 port 2965
Sep 5 12:46:38 wh02 sshd[3250660]: Connection closed by invalid user serah 68.98.212.253 port 2965 [preauth]
Sep 5 12:47:45
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Brute-Force
Exploited Host
SSH
Anonymous
2026-09-05T12:32:26.481282+02:00 PRACSNew sshd-session[1287154]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication ...
show more2026-09-05T12:32:26.481282+02:00 PRACSNew sshd-session[1287154]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=68.98.212.253
2026-09-05T12:32:28.109577+02:00 PRACSNew sshd-session[1287154]: Failed password for invalid user cat from 68.98.212.253 port 6482 ssh2
2026-09-05T13:02:01.835865+02:00 PRACSNew sshd-session[1305250]: Invalid user cryptowind from 68.98.212.253 port 51234
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2026-09-05T03:48:26.806770-07:00 orcas sshd[38587]: Invalid user serah from 68.98.212.253
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show more2026-09-05T03:48:26.806770-07:00 orcas sshd[38587]: Invalid user serah from 68.98.212.253
2026-09-05T03:50:04.182151-07:00 orcas sshd[43466]: Invalid user serah from 68.98.212.253
2026-09-05T03:50:49.191585-07:00 orcas sshd[45147]: Invalid user serah from 68.98.212.253
2026-09-05T03:58:33.980130-07:00 orcas sshd[19234]: Invalid user cryptowind from 68.98.212.253
2026-09-05T03:59:23.756758-07:00 orcas sshd[21836]: Invalid user cryptowind from 68.98.212.253
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Sep 5 12:57:19 webhosting01 sshd[331071]: Invalid user cryptowind from 68.98.212.253 port 17241
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show moreSep 5 12:57:19 webhosting01 sshd[331071]: Invalid user cryptowind from 68.98.212.253 port 17241
Sep 5 12:57:19 webhosting01 sshd[331071]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=68.98.212.253
Sep 5 12:57:19 webhosting01 sshd[331071]: Invalid user cryptowind from 68.98.212.253 port 17241
Sep 5 12:57:22 webhosting01 sshd[331071]: Failed password for invalid user cryptowind from 68.98.212.253 port 17241 ssh2
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Sep 5 12:54:52 main-angler sshd[799055]: Invalid user cryptowind from 68.98.212.253 port 35328
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show moreSep 5 12:54:52 main-angler sshd[799055]: Invalid user cryptowind from 68.98.212.253 port 35328
Sep 5 12:54:55 main-angler sshd[799055]: Failed password for invalid user cryptowind from 68.98.212.253 port 35328 ssh2
Sep 5 12:55:43 main-angler sshd[799824]: Invalid user cryptowind from 68.98.212.253 port 15302
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(sshd) Failed SSH login from 68.98.212.253 (US/United States/wsip-68-98-212-253.ph.ph.cox.net): 5 in ...
show more(sshd) Failed SSH login from 68.98.212.253 (US/United States/wsip-68-98-212-253.ph.ph.cox.net): 5 in the last 300 secs; Ports: *; Direction: inout; Trigger: LF_SSHD; Logs: 2026-09-05T12:49:28.628214+02:00 web28.sier.online sshd[3138545]: Invalid user serah from 68.98.212.253 port 33675
2026-09-05T12:49:28.784159+02:00 web28.sier.online sshd[3138545]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=68.98.212.253
2026-09-05T12:49:30.257824+02:00 web28.sier.online sshd[3138545]: Failed password for invalid user serah from 68.98.212.253 port 33675 ssh2
2026-09-05T12:53:11.188496+02:00 web28.sier.online sshd[3141326]: Invalid user cryptowind from 68.98.212.253 port 13491
2026-09-05T12:53:11.355437+02:00 web28.sier.online sshd[3141326]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=68.98.212.253
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