Mr. Nice Try Notes from the edge

Fraud desk, yesterday

540,663 requests got turned away at the door.

754 login attempts from 490 addresses, 0 confirmed wrong passwords, and 5,469 new tags and bans.

Friday, Oct 16, 2026 (UTC) · see the latest

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Fraud Desk: 540,663 requests got turned away at the door.

540,663

turned away

▲ +64% vs the day before

754

login attempts

▲ +0.9% vs the day before

4,112

IPs refused

▲ +12% vs the day before

5,469

tags & bans

▲ +14% vs the day before

Ban log requests refused
35.238.x.x · Google LLC 10,964
34.34.x.x · Google LLC 10,825
34.79.x.x · Google LLC 10,723
34.47.x.x · Google LLC 9,485
34.156.x.x · Google LLC 7,457
↳ 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
35.238.x.x Google LLC 10,964
34.34.x.x Google LLC 10,825
34.79.x.x Google LLC 10,723
34.47.x.x Google LLC 9,485
34.156.x.x Google LLC 7,457
34.77.x.x Google LLC 7,282
34.18.x.x Google LLC 6,519
34.31.x.x Google LLC 6,390

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