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Life & fun · January 21, 2019

List of IPs making illegal auth attempts and users used doing so

🔒 Lists of IPs making illegal auth attempts and users used doing so - ctrlaltdev/illegal-auth-attempts

List of IPs making illegal auth attempts and users used doing so launched on January 21, 2019 with 15 votes, #851 of 2,587 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 7 years on.

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This GitHub repository maintains a crowdsourced compilation of IP addresses associated with illegal authentication attempts and the usernames involved in such attacks. Created in 2019, the project serves as a reference resource for security professionals and system administrators seeking to identify and document malicious login activity. The repository compiles real-world data from security incidents to help others recognize and protect against common attack patterns and compromised credentials used in unauthorized access attempts.

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