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Security Report

This site, like pretty much every site on the Internet, battles people who are trying to harm the site by hacking and/or stealing our content. The number of questionable bots crawling our sites is rather amazing. We don't track suspicious behavior on every page, but for the pages that we do monitor, here's the percentage of bots vs real users for each of the past 7 days:

2026-01-04   –   4%
2026-01-05   –   3%
2026-01-06   –   4%
2026-01-07   –   3%
2026-01-08   –   3%
2026-01-09   –   4%
2026-01-10   –   4%

That just includes the bots that execute Javascript and act like human users. Then there are a whole bunch of other bots crawling our sites as well. Some are good (like GoogleBot and BingBot), others aren't good – they're trying to hack us and steal our content.

Banned IP Addresses

When we clearly identify attempts to hack our site or violate our policies we ban the IP in question. Just in the past month, on the network of sites that we run, we have banned 474 IP addresses from the places around the world (each line represents a banned IP address):

  1. 2026-01-10 – (Unknown location)
  2. 2026-01-09 – (Unknown location)
  3. 2026-01-08 – (Unknown location)
  4. 2026-01-08 – (Unknown location)
  5. 2026-01-08 – (Unknown location)
  6. 2026-01-06 – (Unknown location)
  7. 2026-01-06 – (Unknown location)
  8. 2026-01-06 – (Unknown location)
  9. 2026-01-06 – (Unknown location)
  10. 2026-01-05 – (Unknown location)
  11. 2026-01-05 – (Unknown location)
  12. 2026-01-03 – (Unknown location)
  13. 2026-01-02 – (Unknown location)
  14. 2026-01-02 – (Unknown location)
  15. 2026-01-01 – (Unknown location)
  16. 2025-12-31 – (Unknown location)
  17. 2025-12-31 – (Unknown location)
  18. 2025-12-31 – (Unknown location)
  19. 2025-12-31 – (Unknown location)
  20. 2025-12-31 – Vietnam
  21. 2025-12-31 – China
  22. 2025-12-31 – Cambodia
  23. 2025-12-31 – United States -> Boston
  24. 2025-12-31 – China
  25. 2025-12-31 – India
  26. 2025-12-31 – China
  27. 2025-12-31 – Czech Republic
  28. 2025-12-31 – United States -> Dallas
  29. 2025-12-31 – Bangladesh
  30. 2025-12-31 – United States
  31. 2025-12-31 – Thailand
  32. 2025-12-31 – United Kingdom -> London
  33. 2025-12-30 – Brazil
  34. 2025-12-30 – South Korea
  35. 2025-12-30 – United Kingdom -> London
  36. 2025-12-30 – Germany
  37. 2025-12-30 – China
  38. 2025-12-30 – Hungary
  39. 2025-12-30 – Jordan
  40. 2025-12-30 – Israel
  41. 2025-12-30 – Pakistan
  42. 2025-12-30 – Thailand
  43. 2025-12-30 – Japan
  44. 2025-12-30 – Macedonia
  45. 2025-12-30 – China
  46. 2025-12-30 – Poland
  47. 2025-12-30 – (Unknown location)
  48. 2025-12-30 – Russia
  49. 2025-12-30 – United Arab Emirates
  50. 2025-12-30 – China
  51. 2025-12-30 – Thailand
  52. 2025-12-30 – Russia
  53. 2025-12-30 – Greece
  54. 2025-12-30 – (Unknown location)
  55. 2025-12-30 – United States
  56. 2025-12-30 – United States
  57. 2025-12-30 – Thailand
  58. 2025-12-30 – Germany
  59. 2025-12-30 – (Unknown location)
  60. 2025-12-30 – China
  61. 2025-12-30 – New Zealand
  62. 2025-12-29 – Russia
  63. 2025-12-29 – Thailand
  64. 2025-12-29 – United States
  65. 2025-12-29 – India
  66. 2025-12-29 – Russia
  67. 2025-12-29 – Lithuania
  68. 2025-12-29 – Singapore
  69. 2025-12-29 – Russia
  70. 2025-12-29 – United States
  71. 2025-12-29 – Germany
  72. 2025-12-29 – China
  73. 2025-12-29 – Germany
  74. 2025-12-29 – Thailand
  75. 2025-12-29 – China
  76. 2025-12-29 – Indonesia
  77. 2025-12-29 – China
  78. 2025-12-29 – Vietnam -> Nha Trang
  79. 2025-12-29 – Indonesia
  80. 2025-12-29 – Germany
  81. 2025-12-29 – Netherlands
  82. 2025-12-29 – United States -> North Bergen
  83. 2025-12-29 – Germany
  84. 2025-12-29 – United States
  85. 2025-12-29 – (Unknown location)
  86. 2025-12-29 – Bosnia and Herzegovina
  87. 2025-12-29 – Taiwan
  88. 2025-12-29 – China
  89. 2025-12-29 – (Unknown location)
  90. 2025-12-29 – United States
  91. 2025-12-29 – South Korea
  92. 2025-12-29 – Russia
  93. 2025-12-28 – Bangladesh
  94. 2025-12-28 – China
  95. 2025-12-28 – United States
  96. 2025-12-28 – Russia
  97. 2025-12-28 – Philippines
  98. 2025-12-28 – China
  99. 2025-12-28 – United States
  100. 2025-12-28 – South Africa
  101. 2025-12-28 – United States
  102. 2025-12-28 – Canada
  103. 2025-12-28 – United States
  104. 2025-12-28 – Russia
  105. 2025-12-28 – China
  106. 2025-12-28 – France
  107. 2025-12-28 – United States -> Boston
  108. 2025-12-28 – Russia
  109. 2025-12-28 – Lebanon
  110. 2025-12-28 – Russia
  111. 2025-12-28 – Switzerland
  112. 2025-12-28 – Germany
  113. 2025-12-28 – Canada
  114. 2025-12-28 – Germany
  115. 2025-12-27 – Germany
  116. 2025-12-27 – Cyprus
  117. 2025-12-27 – China
  118. 2025-12-27 – Germany
  119. 2025-12-27 – China
  120. 2025-12-27 – (Unknown location)
  121. 2025-12-27 – (Unknown location)
  122. 2025-12-27 – Russia
  123. 2025-12-27 – China
  124. 2025-12-27 – China
  125. 2025-12-27 – United States -> Los Angeles
  126. 2025-12-27 – China
  127. 2025-12-27 – Germany
  128. 2025-12-27 – (Unknown location)
  129. 2025-12-27 – Russia
  130. 2025-12-27 – Russia
  131. 2025-12-27 – Germany
  132. 2025-12-27 – United States -> Boston
  133. 2025-12-27 – (Unknown location)
  134. 2025-12-27 – United States -> San Mateo
  135. 2025-12-27 – Canada
  136. 2025-12-27 – Canada
  137. 2025-12-27 – (Unknown location)
  138. 2025-12-27 – Morocco
  139. 2025-12-27 – Poland
  140. 2025-12-27 – South Korea
  141. 2025-12-27 – Germany
  142. 2025-12-27 – Honduras
  143. 2025-12-27 – France
  144. 2025-12-27 – United States
  145. 2025-12-27 – United States
  146. 2025-12-27 – Indonesia
  147. 2025-12-27 – United States
  148. 2025-12-27 – Russia -> Moscow
  149. 2025-12-27 – Lebanon
  150. 2025-12-27 – Russia
  151. 2025-12-27 – Australia
  152. 2025-12-27 – Germany
  153. 2025-12-26 – Portugal
  154. 2025-12-26 – Thailand
  155. 2025-12-26 – Russia
  156. 2025-12-26 – United Kingdom
  157. 2025-12-26 – Egypt -> Cairo
  158. 2025-12-26 – United States
  159. 2025-12-26 – United Kingdom
  160. 2025-12-26 – Spain
  161. 2025-12-26 – Vietnam
  162. 2025-12-26 – Sweden
  163. 2025-12-26 – United States
  164. 2025-12-26 – Canada -> Toronto
  165. 2025-12-26 – Russia
  166. 2025-12-26 – China
  167. 2025-12-26 – Brazil
  168. 2025-12-26 – (Unknown location)
  169. 2025-12-26 – Germany
  170. 2025-12-26 – United Kingdom -> London
  171. 2025-12-26 – Germany -> Frankfurt am Main
  172. 2025-12-26 – United States
  173. 2025-12-26 – Russia -> Moscow
  174. 2025-12-26 – China
  175. 2025-12-26 – China
  176. 2025-12-26 – United States
  177. 2025-12-26 – United States
  178. 2025-12-26 – Netherlands
  179. 2025-12-26 – Russia
  180. 2025-12-26 – India
  181. 2025-12-26 – Lebanon
  182. 2025-12-26 – United States
  183. 2025-12-26 – Greece
  184. 2025-12-25 – Thailand
  185. 2025-12-25 – Thailand
  186. 2025-12-25 – China
  187. 2025-12-25 – United States
  188. 2025-12-25 – United States
  189. 2025-12-25 – Iraq
  190. 2025-12-25 – Ukraine
  191. 2025-12-25 – United States
  192. 2025-12-25 – Russia
  193. 2025-12-25 – (Unknown location)
  194. 2025-12-25 – Russia
  195. 2025-12-25 – Pakistan
  196. 2025-12-25 – (Unknown location)
  197. 2025-12-25 – Kazakhstan
  198. 2025-12-25 – (Unknown location)
  199. 2025-12-25 – (Unknown location)
  200. 2025-12-25 – United Kingdom -> Edinburgh
  201. 2025-12-24 – Thailand
  202. 2025-12-24 – China
  203. 2025-12-24 – Albania
  204. 2025-12-24 – United States
  205. 2025-12-24 – Brazil
  206. 2025-12-24 – Russia
  207. 2025-12-24 – United States
  208. 2025-12-24 – Germany
  209. 2025-12-24 – Russia
  210. 2025-12-24 – Palestine
  211. 2025-12-24 – Thailand
  212. 2025-12-24 – Pakistan
  213. 2025-12-24 – United States -> Chicago
  214. 2025-12-24 – United Kingdom
  215. 2025-12-24 – Spain
  216. 2025-12-24 – Spain
  217. 2025-12-24 – Russia -> Moscow
  218. 2025-12-24 – Germany
  219. 2025-12-23 – Montenegro -> Podgorica
  220. 2025-12-23 – Turkey
  221. 2025-12-23 – China
  222. 2025-12-23 – Russia
  223. 2025-12-23 – Italy
  224. 2025-12-23 – United States -> Phoenix
  225. 2025-12-23 – Germany
  226. 2025-12-23 – Ukraine
  227. 2025-12-23 – Russia
  228. 2025-12-23 – United States
  229. 2025-12-23 – Russia
  230. 2025-12-23 – Germany
  231. 2025-12-23 – Germany
  232. 2025-12-23 – (Unknown location)
  233. 2025-12-22 – United States
  234. 2025-12-22 – Thailand
  235. 2025-12-22 – United States
  236. 2025-12-22 – Austria
  237. 2025-12-22 – Russia
  238. 2025-12-22 – China
  239. 2025-12-22 – China
  240. 2025-12-22 – United States
  241. 2025-12-22 – United States
  242. 2025-12-22 – China
  243. 2025-12-22 – China
  244. 2025-12-22 – United States
  245. 2025-12-22 – United States
  246. 2025-12-22 – Bangladesh
  247. 2025-12-22 – United States -> Austin
  248. 2025-12-22 – United States -> Los Lunas
  249. 2025-12-22 – United States
  250. 2025-12-22 – Iran
  251. 2025-12-22 – China
  252. 2025-12-22 – United States
  253. 2025-12-22 – Germany
  254. 2025-12-22 – United States -> Santa Clara
  255. 2025-12-22 – United States
  256. 2025-12-22 – United States
  257. 2025-12-22 – United States
  258. 2025-12-22 – United States
  259. 2025-12-22 – United States
  260. 2025-12-22 – United States
  261. 2025-12-22 – United States -> Philadelphia
  262. 2025-12-22 – United States
  263. 2025-12-22 – United States
  264. 2025-12-22 – Canada
  265. 2025-12-22 – Canada
  266. 2025-12-22 – Canada
  267. 2025-12-22 – Brunei
  268. 2025-12-21 – United States -> Dallas
  269. 2025-12-21 – Jordan
  270. 2025-12-21 – United States
  271. 2025-12-21 – United States
  272. 2025-12-21 – Argentina
  273. 2025-12-21 – Ecuador
  274. 2025-12-21 – China
  275. 2025-12-21 – China
  276. 2025-12-21 – China
  277. 2025-12-21 – Hungary
  278. 2025-12-21 – Jordan
  279. 2025-12-21 – United States
  280. 2025-12-21 – Canada
  281. 2025-12-21 – Bangladesh
  282. 2025-12-21 – (Unknown location)
  283. 2025-12-21 – Germany
  284. 2025-12-21 – United Kingdom -> London
  285. 2025-12-21 – China
  286. 2025-12-21 – India
  287. 2025-12-21 – Italy
  288. 2025-12-21 – India
  289. 2025-12-21 – Germany
  290. 2025-12-21 – United States -> Dallas
  291. 2025-12-21 – Canada
  292. 2025-12-21 – Italy
  293. 2025-12-21 – Netherlands
  294. 2025-12-20 – China
  295. 2025-12-20 – China
  296. 2025-12-20 – United States
  297. 2025-12-20 – Netherlands
  298. 2025-12-20 – United Kingdom
  299. 2025-12-20 – Hungary
  300. 2025-12-20 – United States
  301. 2025-12-20 – United States
  302. 2025-12-20 – Germany
  303. 2025-12-20 – Russia
  304. 2025-12-20 – Germany
  305. 2025-12-20 – Germany
  306. 2025-12-20 – Vietnam -> Ho Chi Minh City
  307. 2025-12-20 – Iran
  308. 2025-12-20 – Laos
  309. 2025-12-20 – United Kingdom
  310. 2025-12-20 – Canada
  311. 2025-12-20 – United Kingdom -> London
  312. 2025-12-20 – (Unknown location)
  313. 2025-12-20 – Germany
  314. 2025-12-20 – United States
  315. 2025-12-20 – Jordan
  316. 2025-12-20 – China
  317. 2025-12-20 – (Unknown location)
  318. 2025-12-20 – China
  319. 2025-12-20 – Brazil
  320. 2025-12-20 – Ukraine
  321. 2025-12-20 – United States
  322. 2025-12-20 – United Kingdom -> London
  323. 2025-12-20 – United States
  324. 2025-12-20 – Kazakhstan
  325. 2025-12-20 – Australia
  326. 2025-12-19 – Thailand
  327. 2025-12-19 – United States -> New York
  328. 2025-12-19 – Brazil -> Salvador
  329. 2025-12-19 – United States
  330. 2025-12-19 – (Unknown location)
  331. 2025-12-19 – United States
  332. 2025-12-19 – Czech Republic
  333. 2025-12-19 – Thailand
  334. 2025-12-19 – China
  335. 2025-12-19 – Germany
  336. 2025-12-19 – Russia
  337. 2025-12-19 – Jordan
  338. 2025-12-19 – United Kingdom
  339. 2025-12-19 – Greece
  340. 2025-12-19 – Jordan
  341. 2025-12-19 – United States
  342. 2025-12-19 – Germany
  343. 2025-12-19 – Germany
  344. 2025-12-19 – China
  345. 2025-12-19 – Jordan
  346. 2025-12-19 – United States -> Canton
  347. 2025-12-19 – Vietnam
  348. 2025-12-19 – Japan
  349. 2025-12-19 – Czech Republic
  350. 2025-12-18 – China
  351. 2025-12-18 – (Unknown location)
  352. 2025-12-18 – China
  353. 2025-12-18 – (Unknown location)
  354. 2025-12-18 – Germany
  355. 2025-12-18 – United Kingdom
  356. 2025-12-18 – United Kingdom
  357. 2025-12-18 – Belarus
  358. 2025-12-18 – Hong Kong
  359. 2025-12-18 – Australia
  360. 2025-12-18 – Russia
  361. 2025-12-18 – Hong Kong
  362. 2025-12-18 – United States
  363. 2025-12-18 – Bangladesh
  364. 2025-12-18 – United States
  365. 2025-12-18 – Thailand
  366. 2025-12-18 – Thailand
  367. 2025-12-18 – Thailand
  368. 2025-12-18 – Thailand
  369. 2025-12-18 – Thailand
  370. 2025-12-18 – Thailand
  371. 2025-12-18 – United States
  372. 2025-12-18 – United Kingdom
  373. 2025-12-18 – Germany
  374. 2025-12-18 – Singapore -> Singapore
  375. 2025-12-18 – Spain
  376. 2025-12-18 – China
  377. 2025-12-18 – Jordan
  378. 2025-12-18 – Netherlands
  379. 2025-12-17 – United States
  380. 2025-12-17 – Germany
  381. 2025-12-17 – Hong Kong
  382. 2025-12-17 – Jordan
  383. 2025-12-17 – Poland
  384. 2025-12-17 – Singapore
  385. 2025-12-17 – Jordan
  386. 2025-12-17 – Russia
  387. 2025-12-17 – United Kingdom
  388. 2025-12-17 – Philippines -> Manila
  389. 2025-12-17 – China
  390. 2025-12-17 – Jordan
  391. 2025-12-17 – Russia
  392. 2025-12-17 – Jordan
  393. 2025-12-17 – Spain
  394. 2025-12-17 – Hong Kong
  395. 2025-12-17 – Russia
  396. 2025-12-17 – Thailand
  397. 2025-12-17 – Jordan
  398. 2025-12-17 – Poland
  399. 2025-12-17 – Jordan
  400. 2025-12-17 – Netherlands
  401. 2025-12-17 – France
  402. 2025-12-17 – Jordan
  403. 2025-12-16 – Sweden
  404. 2025-12-16 – Thailand
  405. 2025-12-16 – United States
  406. 2025-12-16 – Georgia
  407. 2025-12-16 – India
  408. 2025-12-16 – Russia
  409. 2025-12-16 – Canada
  410. 2025-12-16 – Jordan
  411. 2025-12-16 – Indonesia
  412. 2025-12-16 – Jordan
  413. 2025-12-16 – Russia
  414. 2025-12-16 – India
  415. 2025-12-16 – Bangladesh
  416. 2025-12-16 – Jordan
  417. 2025-12-15 – United States
  418. 2025-12-15 – India
  419. 2025-12-15 – Kazakhstan
  420. 2025-12-15 – Jordan
  421. 2025-12-15 – Russia
  422. 2025-12-15 – Singapore -> Singapore
  423. 2025-12-15 – Bangladesh
  424. 2025-12-15 – Canada
  425. 2025-12-15 – India
  426. 2025-12-15 – (Unknown location)
  427. 2025-12-15 – United States -> Santa Clara
  428. 2025-12-15 – Vietnam
  429. 2025-12-15 – China
  430. 2025-12-15 – Latvia
  431. 2025-12-15 – Russia
  432. 2025-12-15 – United States
  433. 2025-12-15 – Ireland
  434. 2025-12-15 – United States
  435. 2025-12-14 – China
  436. 2025-12-14 – Singapore
  437. 2025-12-14 – Bangladesh
  438. 2025-12-14 – China
  439. 2025-12-14 – United States
  440. 2025-12-14 – France
  441. 2025-12-14 – Bangladesh
  442. 2025-12-14 – United States
  443. 2025-12-14 – South Korea
  444. 2025-12-14 – United Kingdom
  445. 2025-12-14 – Russia
  446. 2025-12-14 – India
  447. 2025-12-14 – Vietnam
  448. 2025-12-13 – Netherlands -> Amsterdam
  449. 2025-12-13 – China
  450. 2025-12-13 – Singapore
  451. 2025-12-13 – Vietnam
  452. 2025-12-13 – Singapore -> Singapore
  453. 2025-12-13 – China
  454. 2025-12-13 – United Kingdom
  455. 2025-12-13 – Brazil
  456. 2025-12-13 – Poland
  457. 2025-12-13 – Poland
  458. 2025-12-13 – China
  459. 2025-12-12 – Hong Kong
  460. 2025-12-12 – Russia
  461. 2025-12-12 – China
  462. 2025-12-12 – Isle of Man
  463. 2025-12-12 – (Unknown location)
  464. 2025-12-12 – (Unknown location)
  465. 2025-12-12 – Spain
  466. 2025-12-12 – United States
  467. 2025-12-12 – Germany
  468. 2025-12-12 – Turkey
  469. 2025-12-11 – China
  470. 2025-12-11 – Morocco
  471. 2025-12-11 – Finland -> Helsinki
  472. 2025-12-11 – Hong Kong
  473. 2025-12-11 – Bangladesh
  474. 2025-12-11 – United States

Each of these instances represents an attempt to harm our sites or our users. (And those are just the ones we were confident enough about to take action on.)