Must be a valid IPv4 or IPv6 ip address, e.g. 127.0.0.1 or 2001:DB8:0:0:8:800:200C:417A
Basic Info

City: Clifton

Region: New Jersey

Country: United States

Internet Service Provider: unknown

Hostname: unknown

Organization: unknown

Usage Type: unknown

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Comments on same subnet:
IP Type Details Datetime
138.197.12.179 attackbots
Invalid user sysadmin from 138.197.12.179 port 34892
2020-09-25 05:18:35
138.197.12.179 attack
Cowrie Honeypot: 3 unauthorised SSH/Telnet login attempts between 2020-09-02T08:26:19Z and 2020-09-02T08:34:15Z
2020-09-03 01:40:17
138.197.12.179 attack
Cowrie Honeypot: 3 unauthorised SSH/Telnet login attempts between 2020-09-02T08:26:19Z and 2020-09-02T08:34:15Z
2020-09-02 17:08:22
138.197.12.179 attack
Cowrie Honeypot: 3 unauthorised SSH/Telnet login attempts between 2020-08-29T04:47:38Z and 2020-08-29T04:55:36Z
2020-08-29 14:14:37
138.197.12.179 attackspam
Aug 24 07:52:30 xxxxxxx9247313 sshd[14912]: Invalid user gjf from 138.197.12.179
Aug 24 07:52:30 xxxxxxx9247313 sshd[14912]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=box.computerfahostnameh.com 
Aug 24 07:52:32 xxxxxxx9247313 sshd[14912]: Failed password for invalid user gjf from 138.197.12.179 port 39630 ssh2
Aug 24 07:54:19 xxxxxxx9247313 sshd[14931]: Invalid user tommy from 138.197.12.179
Aug 24 07:54:19 xxxxxxx9247313 sshd[14931]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=box.computerfahostnameh.com 
Aug 24 07:54:21 xxxxxxx9247313 sshd[14931]: Failed password for invalid user tommy from 138.197.12.179 port 60660 ssh2
Aug 24 07:55:20 xxxxxxx9247313 sshd[15013]: Invalid user testmail from 138.197.12.179
Aug 24 07:55:20 xxxxxxx9247313 sshd[15013]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=box.computerfahostnameh.com 
Aug 24 07:55:22 ........
------------------------------
2020-08-27 09:37:41
138.197.129.38 attackbots
Aug 20 21:01:51 vps-51d81928 sshd[779374]: Invalid user tom from 138.197.129.38 port 36380
Aug 20 21:01:51 vps-51d81928 sshd[779374]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=138.197.129.38 
Aug 20 21:01:51 vps-51d81928 sshd[779374]: Invalid user tom from 138.197.129.38 port 36380
Aug 20 21:01:53 vps-51d81928 sshd[779374]: Failed password for invalid user tom from 138.197.129.38 port 36380 ssh2
Aug 20 21:05:30 vps-51d81928 sshd[779440]: Invalid user neide from 138.197.129.38 port 37212
...
2020-08-21 05:09:20
138.197.129.38 attack
Aug 17 07:01:30 124388 sshd[30315]: Invalid user sam from 138.197.129.38 port 58294
Aug 17 07:01:30 124388 sshd[30315]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=138.197.129.38
Aug 17 07:01:30 124388 sshd[30315]: Invalid user sam from 138.197.129.38 port 58294
Aug 17 07:01:32 124388 sshd[30315]: Failed password for invalid user sam from 138.197.129.38 port 58294 ssh2
Aug 17 07:05:23 124388 sshd[30468]: Invalid user teste2 from 138.197.129.38 port 38354
2020-08-17 19:38:03
138.197.129.38 attack
Aug  7 19:04:42 webhost01 sshd[30099]: Failed password for root from 138.197.129.38 port 37666 ssh2
...
2020-08-07 20:34:35
138.197.129.38 attackbots
Aug  5 23:26:35 django-0 sshd[28429]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=138.197.129.38  user=root
Aug  5 23:26:38 django-0 sshd[28429]: Failed password for root from 138.197.129.38 port 57798 ssh2
...
2020-08-06 08:47:21
138.197.129.38 attack
2020-08-05T10:43:02.098652hostname sshd[5906]: Failed password for root from 138.197.129.38 port 39908 ssh2
2020-08-05T10:47:15.066770hostname sshd[6675]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=138.197.129.38  user=root
2020-08-05T10:47:16.929557hostname sshd[6675]: Failed password for root from 138.197.129.38 port 51910 ssh2
...
2020-08-05 19:56:30
138.197.129.38 attackbots
$f2bV_matches
2020-08-03 14:35:14
138.197.129.38 attackbots
Brute-force attempt banned
2020-07-26 07:59:55
138.197.120.36 attackspambots
Jul 23 05:59:14 [host] sshd[4795]: Invalid user no
Jul 23 05:59:14 [host] sshd[4795]: pam_unix(sshd:a
Jul 23 05:59:16 [host] sshd[4795]: Failed password
2020-07-23 12:20:04
138.197.129.38 attack
2020-07-20T05:02:59.493634shield sshd\[618\]: Invalid user rti from 138.197.129.38 port 47320
2020-07-20T05:02:59.502707shield sshd\[618\]: pam_unix\(sshd:auth\): authentication failure\; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=138.197.129.38
2020-07-20T05:03:01.728810shield sshd\[618\]: Failed password for invalid user rti from 138.197.129.38 port 47320 ssh2
2020-07-20T05:07:42.733487shield sshd\[2179\]: Invalid user theforest from 138.197.129.38 port 35436
2020-07-20T05:07:42.742999shield sshd\[2179\]: pam_unix\(sshd:auth\): authentication failure\; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=138.197.129.38
2020-07-20 15:13:23
138.197.129.38 attack
<6 unauthorized SSH connections
2020-07-15 17:16:06
Whois info:
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NetRange:       138.197.0.0 - 138.197.255.255
CIDR:           138.197.0.0/16
NetName:        DIGITALOCEAN-138-197-0-0
NetHandle:      NET-138-197-0-0-1
Parent:         NET138 (NET-138-0-0-0-0)
NetType:        Direct Allocation
OriginAS:       
Organization:   DigitalOcean, LLC (DO-13)
RegDate:        2016-01-26
Updated:        2020-04-03
Comment:        Routing and Peering Policy can be found at https://www.as14061.net
Comment:        
Comment:        Please submit abuse reports at https://www.digitalocean.com/company/contact/#abuse
Ref:            https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/138.197.0.0



OrgName:        DigitalOcean, LLC
OrgId:          DO-13
Address:        105 Edgeview Drive, Suite 425
City:           Broomfield
StateProv:      CO
PostalCode:     80021
Country:        US
RegDate:        2012-05-14
Updated:        2025-04-11
Ref:            https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/DO-13


OrgNOCHandle: NOC32014-ARIN
OrgNOCName:   Network Operations Center
OrgNOCPhone:  +1-646-827-4366 
OrgNOCEmail:  noc@digitalocean.com
OrgNOCRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/NOC32014-ARIN

OrgAbuseHandle: DIGIT19-ARIN
OrgAbuseName:   DigitalOcean Abuse
OrgAbusePhone:  +1-646-827-4366 
OrgAbuseEmail:  abuse@digitalocean.com
OrgAbuseRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/DIGIT19-ARIN

OrgTechHandle: NOC32014-ARIN
OrgTechName:   Network Operations Center
OrgTechPhone:  +1-646-827-4366 
OrgTechEmail:  noc@digitalocean.com
OrgTechRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/NOC32014-ARIN


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Dig info:
; <<>> DiG 9.10.3-P4-Ubuntu <<>> 138.197.12.227
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 51131
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;138.197.12.227.			IN	A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
.			30	IN	SOA	a.root-servers.net. nstld.verisign-grs.com. 2025112902 1800 900 604800 86400

;; Query time: 33 msec
;; SERVER: 183.60.83.19#53(183.60.83.19)
;; WHEN: Sun Nov 30 12:30:42 CST 2025
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 107
Host info
Host 227.12.197.138.in-addr.arpa. not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
Nslookup info:
Server:		183.60.83.19
Address:	183.60.83.19#53

** server can't find 227.12.197.138.in-addr.arpa: NXDOMAIN
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...
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