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188.253.17.99 has a very high threat confidence level of 82%, originating from Riga, Latvia, on the SIA VEESP network (42532). It has been observed across 11 sessions targeting SSH, with detected attack patterns including ssh authorized keys persistence established, First observed on January 31, 2026, most recently active February 19, 2026.
Removal of filesystem attribute protections from the user’s .ssh directory followed by deletion and recreation of the directory and insertion of a new public key into authorized_keys. This pattern reflects deliberate modification of SSH trust configuration to establish persistent key-based access.