IP address 178.156.203.2 has been flagged in 581 abuse reports across 18 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, attacks, brute force, known attacker, known malicious, malicious, malware c2, malware infrastructure, port scan, rdp bruteforce, reconnaissance, repeat offender, reputation low, scanning, ssh brute force, ssh bruteforce, suspicious activity.
This IP is geolocated in United States (Ashburn) and belongs to the network Hetzner Online GmbH (AS213230). Reports span from 2026-06-28 to 2026-10-04.
Assessment: With 581 abuse reports, 178.156.203.2 shows persistent malicious activity that has been flagged by multiple threat intelligence feeds. The IP has been observed conducting automated SSH login attempts against internet-facing servers, a technique commonly used to gain unauthorized access to systems. This IP belongs to Hetzner Online GmbH, a major cloud/hosting provider — the malicious activity likely originates from a compromised or rented virtual server rather than the provider's own infrastructure.