Severe Risk
IP 162.216.149.42 is flagged at a critical threat level of 10/10, representing an extreme-risk address associated with active hacking activity and detected by automated honeypot sensors across a sustained reporting window from August 2025 through May 2026. This Google Cloud Platform-hosted address has generated 458 separate incident reports, indicating persistent, high-volume malicious engagement targeting vulnerable services.
Network telemetry places this IP within Google Cloud's infrastructure under ASN AS396982 in the United States, a cloud environment frequently abused by threat actors to mask their origin and leverage reputable hosting for offensive operations. The 458 total reports represent significant exposure across detection systems, with all reports originating from automated honeypot sensors monitoring for unauthorized intrusion attempts. The activity frequency score of 3/10 suggests the attacks occur in periodic bursts rather than continuous bombardment, a pattern consistent with credential stuffing or targeted vulnerability scanning campaigns that attempt to remain below automated blocking thresholds.
The dominant threat category, hacking activity, encompasses unauthorized access attempts, vulnerability exploitation and intrusion preparation techniques that can precede data breaches or system compromise. Each reported incident corresponds to an attack connection attempt logged by honeypot sensors, meaning the address has been systematically probing systems for exploitable entry points. The real-world risk includes credential exposure, service disruption, malware deployment and lateral movement if any weak or unpatched services are encountered. Even failed attempts indicate an active adversary actively scanning the internet for targets.
Site operators should immediately block or rate-limit connections from this IP at the firewall or load balancer level and implement logging alerts for any inbound activity matching the observed attack patterns. Deploying or configuring defensive tools such as fail2ban or equivalent intrusion prevention solutions to automatically ban repeated offending IPs will reduce manual response burden. Enforcing strong authentication, including multi-factor authentication and prohibition of default credentials, eliminates the primary targets of these intrusion attempts. Regular patching of exposed services and continuous traffic monitoring will further harden environments against similar scanning activity originating from compromised or hostile cloud infrastructure.
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