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198.23.148.18

198.23.148.18 is an IP address that 3 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 Google Threat Intelligence Group, Recorded Future and Spur. The earliest of those reports is dated 2024-09-23 and the most recent 2026-10-18.

ip address IT Worker FraudContagious Interview MATCHED IN SOURCE

First seen 2024-09-23 · last seen 2026-10-18

Network

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

• …LLC AstrillVPN (US) 198.2.228.20 54600 Peg Tech AstrillVPN (US) 198.23.148.18 36352 ColoCrossing (US) 199.115.99.34 46844 Sharktech AstrillVPN (US)…

  Staying a Step Ahead: Mitigating the DPRK IT Worker Threat | Google Cloud Blog — Google Threat Intelligence Group · under “Network IOCs” · published 2024-09-23 · pulled 2026-09-01

• …5.152.67.39 185.183.104.67 185.245.80.217 192.74.247.161 192.119.10.67 192.161.60.132 193.19.205.26 194.33.45.162 195.146.5.31 198.2.228.23 198.23.148.18 199.168.112.175 199.168.113.31 202.87.221.237 204.44.96.131 204.152.202.111 205.234.203.122 206.206.127.135 208.98.44.2 208.115.228.234 209…

  PurpleBravo’s Targeting of the IT Software Supply Chain — Recorded Future · under “Appendix C: Astrill VPN Nodes” · published 2026-01-21 · 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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Cited by the same report: Staying a Step Ahead: Mitigating the DPRK IT Worker Threat | Google Cloud Blog

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