Mr. Nice Try Notes from the edge

Fraud desk, yesterday

329,757 requests got turned away at the door.

747 login attempts from 544 addresses, 0 confirmed wrong passwords, and 4,787 new tags and bans.

Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 (UTC) · see the latest

Fraud Desk: 329,757 requests got turned away at the door.

329,757

turned away

▲ +27% vs the day before

747

login attempts

▲ +6.0% vs the day before

3,678

IPs refused

▼ -14% vs the day before

4,787

tags & bans

▼ -10% vs the day before

Ban log requests refused
195.178.x.x · TECHOFF SRV LIMITED 9,504
192.249.x.x · InMotion Hosting, Inc. 9,209
93.152.x.x · TechTies Inc. 7,523
34.47.x.x · Google LLC 6,775
20.211.x.x · Microsoft Corporation 5,532
↳ 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
195.178.x.x TECHOFF SRV LIMITED 9,504
192.249.x.x InMotion Hosting, Inc. 9,209
93.152.x.x TechTies Inc. 7,523
34.47.x.x Google LLC 6,775
20.211.x.x Microsoft Corporation 5,532
35.238.x.x Google LLC 5,463
20.194.x.x Microsoft Corporation 5,379
34.18.x.x Google LLC 5,321

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