IP address 138.197.41.176 has been flagged in 20 abuse reports across 8 independent threat intelligence sources, resulting in a threat score of 100.0/100 (critical risk). The primary activity associated with this IP is abuseipdb blacklist, along with aggregated threat, malicious, malware c2, malware infrastructure, reconnaissance, reputation low, suspicious activity, web attack.
This IP is geolocated in United States (Clifton) and belongs to the network DigitalOcean, LLC (AS14061). Reports span from 2026-07-03 to 2026-07-05.
Assessment: Despite a lower report volume, the severity and nature of activity from 138.197.41.176 has triggered critical-level alerts across our threat detection network. The activity pattern and multi-source corroboration indicate this is a genuine threat that warrants immediate blocking at the firewall level. This IP belongs to DigitalOcean, LLC, a major cloud/hosting provider — the malicious activity likely originates from a compromised or rented virtual server rather than the provider's own infrastructure.