`172.86.80.145`

172.86.80.145 is an IP address that 2 published sources report in connection with Contagious Interview activity, which public reporting attributes to North Korea (DPRK). It is cited here from Socket and veryserious.systems. The earliest of those reports is dated 2025-06-25 and the most recent 2026-06-13.

ip address Contagious Interview CURATED

First seen 2025-06-25 · last seen 2026-06-13

Network

Kind	data centre
Network	RouterHosting LLC (FranTech Solutions)
Announced by	AS14956 RouterHosting LLC
Country	Singapore
Flags	hosting range

Looked up 2026-09-21 at ip-api.com. A hosting range is not evidence on its own.

Sources

Direct-IP C2 endpoint observed in the HexEval Loader wave of Contagious Interview npm packages, on port 1224.
North Korean Contagious Interview Campaign Drops 35 New Malicious npm Packages — Socket · published 2025-06-25 · pulled 2026-08-30
…— Travis Mathison 23.106.253.209 — Travis Mathison 144.172.105.235 — Socket.dev 172.86.98.240 1224, 1244 Travis Mathison 172.86.80.145 1224 Travis Mathison Shodan.io also reveals a Windows remote desktop on port 3389 with the name of PITER3 potentially a reference to…
Breaking down North Korea's continuation of BeaverTail — veryserious.systems · under “Breaking down North Korea's continuation of the BeaverTail campaign” · published 2026-06-13 · pulled 2026-09-09
…BeaverTail Malware # Once decoded, the HexEval Loader in the loveryon cluster retrieved a second-stage payload (BeaverTail malware) from 172.86.80.145:1224 and executed it using eval() .…
Another Wave: North Korean Contagious Interview Campaign Drops 35 New Malicious npm Packages | Socket — Socket · under “Second-Stage Payload: BeaverTail Malware #” · published 2025-06-25 · pulled 2026-09-12

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