`162.253.129.2`

162.253.129.2 is an IP address that 3 published sources report in connection with IT Worker Fraud, Contagious Interview and Lazarus Group activity, which public reporting attributes to North Korea (DPRK). It is cited here from Kudelski Security Research, Kudelski Security and Spur. The earliest of those reports is dated 2024-12-19 and the most recent 2026-10-18.

ip address IT Worker Fraud Contagious Interview Lazarus Group MATCHED IN SOURCE

First seen 2024-12-19 · last seen 2026-10-18

Network

Kind	Astrill VPN exit address
Network	Amanah Tech Inc. (Amanah Tech Inc)
Announced by	AS32489 Amanah Tech Inc.
Country	Canada
Flags	hosting range, known proxy or VPN

Looked up 2026-09-21 at ip-api.com. This address is on Spur’s list of Astrill VPN exits. It names the VPN, not the user.

Sources

…104.253.75.110 Polaris Team 104.253.160.77 Polaris Team 104.253.201.228 Polaris Team 162.253.129.2 MyoHyangGyongSong team 91.239.130.102 Team 128-710 83.234.227.10 Team 821-39 Relevant…
Kudelski Security Research — Kudelski Security Research · under “IOC’s” · published 2025-03-05 · pulled 2026-09-10
…104.253.75.110 Polaris Team 104.253.160.77 Polaris Team 104.253.201.228 Polaris Team 162.253.129.2 MyoHyangGyongSong team 91.239.130.102 Team 128-710 83.234.227.10 Team 821-39 Relevant…
DPRK Fake IT Workers: Inside Their Evolving Network Infrastructure - Kudelski Security Research Center — Kudelski Security · under “IOC’s” · published 2026-07-17 · pulled 2026-09-12
These are the exit addresses of a commercial VPN service with customers everywhere. An address on this list says that a connection came through Astrill, which DPRK IT workers are documented to favour; it does not say who was behind the connection, and the great majority of traffic through these exits is ordinary customers. Treat a match as a reason to look at the account behind it, not as evidence about the person. The list is a snapshot of the addresses active on 19 December 2024; VPN exits are reassigned over time, so an address here may since have been returned to its hosting provider and given to someone else. The list is Spur's and is carried here as published.
Astrill VPN and DPRK Remote Worker Fraud — Spur · published 2024-12-19 · pulled 2026-10-26

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