178.170.39.172
178.170.39.172 is an IP address
that 2 published sources report
in connection with IT Worker Fraud and Contagious Interview activity, which public reporting
attributes to North Korea (DPRK).
It is cited here from 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 FraudContagious Interview MATCHED IN SOURCE
Network
| Kind | Astrill VPN |
|---|---|
| Network | Ikoula Ripe |
| Announced by | AS21409 Ikoula Net SAS |
| Country | France |
| Flags | hosting range, known proxy or VPN |
Sources
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…VPS (the.hosting), Canada Operator C Have access to the network range 192.168.140.0/24 178.170.39.172 Ikoula VPS, France Operator D Have access to the network range 192.168.140.0/24 178.170.39.172 Ikoula VPS, France…
Inside the Cyber Infrastructure Behind DPRK Fake IT Worker Operations - Kudelski Security Research Center — Kudelski Security -
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
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