Mr. Nice Try Notes from the edge

New record Fraud desk, yesterday

940,688 requests got turned away at the door.

643 login attempts from 484 addresses, 0 confirmed wrong passwords, and 4,451 new tags and bans.

Tuesday, Oct 13, 2026 (UTC) · see the latest

Fraud Desk: 940,688 requests got turned away at the door.

940,688

turned away

▲ +88% vs the day before

643

login attempts

▼ -57% vs the day before

5,598

IPs refused

▲ +24% vs the day before

4,451

tags & bans

▼ -9.8% vs the day before

Ban log requests refused
45.148.x.x · TECHOFF SRV LIMITED 70,777
216.73.x.x · Amazon.com, Inc. 21,501
34.156.x.x · Google LLC 17,163
34.78.x.x · Google LLC 13,338
93.152.x.x · TechTies Inc. 12,356
↳ Fraud is a volume business. So is no.

Every edition: turned away

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How I measure

Login attempts are POST requests to login, session or password paths. Failed logins are those whose response (captured on routes where a team turned response capture on) says the credentials were wrong. "Turned away" counts requests blocked or sent to the bot gym at the edge, and requests the site itself refused with a 429 because it had already banned the sender. IP addresses are shown with their second half hidden.

Most refused

The addresses turned away most often, second half hidden.

Address Network Requests refused
45.148.x.x TECHOFF SRV LIMITED 70,777
216.73.x.x Amazon.com, Inc. 21,501
34.156.x.x Google LLC 17,163
34.78.x.x Google LLC 13,338
93.152.x.x TechTies Inc. 12,356
35.240.x.x Google LLC 11,659
34.156.x.x Google LLC 10,731
35.241.x.x Google LLC 9,025

Past editions

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