IP address 98.71.8.129 has been flagged in 408 abuse reports across 16 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, malware c2, malware infrastructure, reconnaissance, ssh brute force, ssh bruteforce, suspicious activity.
This IP is geolocated in Ireland (Dublin) and belongs to the network Microsoft Corporation (AS8075). Reports span from 2026-05-03 to 2026-07-05.
Assessment: With 408 abuse reports, 98.71.8.129 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 Microsoft Corporation, a major cloud/hosting provider — the malicious activity likely originates from a compromised or rented virtual server rather than the provider's own infrastructure.