Elevated Risk
IP 85.217.149.4 is a high-risk address associated with 454 abuse reports indicating sustained hacking activity, representing a credible threat to exposed network services. The IP originates from Canadian infrastructure registered under ASN AS209334, operated by Modat B.V., with a threat level assessment of 8 out of 10 and a confidence score of 69 percent based on automated honeypot detection across 20 separate sensor sources.
Analysis of the reported timeframe spanning January through April 2026 reveals consistent malicious activity with a moderate activity frequency rating despite the substantial volume of historical reports. The dominant threat category identified across all reports is general hacking activity, encompassing intrusion attempts, vulnerability exploitation, and unauthorized access probes. While the confidence score of 69 percent indicates some uncertainty in attribution, the sheer volume of independent reports from multiple honeypot sensors substantially corroborates the malicious nature of this IP's behavior. The discrepancy between total report count and recent activity metrics may reflect either intermittent operational patterns or varying exposure across different detection points.
The hacking classification for IP 85.217.149.4 indicates the address has been observed conducting automated scanning and exploitation attempts against target systems, potentially seeking unpatched vulnerabilities, misconfigured services, or weak authentication mechanisms. Such activity poses a concrete risk to any publicly accessible service, particularly SSH, RDP, web applications, or database interfaces. Attackers leveraging this IP may be probing for entry points to establish persistence, exfiltrate data, or deploy secondary payloads within victim networks.
Network defenders should immediately block or restrict traffic from 85.217.149.4 at the firewall level and monitor for any attempted connections from this address in intrusion detection logs. Implementing strong authentication requirements, including key-based authentication for remote access protocols and multi-factor authentication where feasible, substantially reduces the risk of successful intrusion. Regular patching of exposed services and application of network-level rate limiting can further mitigate automated attack vectors. Deploying tools such as fail2ban or equivalent automated response systems can provide proactive blocking based on observed attack patterns.
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