Identicon of IP address 161.97.65.222

161.97.65.222

IP Risk Score: 70 / 100

This IP is considered high risk and shows signs of malicious behavior. Strong indicators point to automated scanning or suspicious access attempts. This assessment is backed by strong and consistent detection signals. The combined indicators suggest a high overall security risk. Defensive measures such as rate limiting or blocking are recommended.

What is this IP address?
IP Address: 161.97.65.222
Country: France flag France (FR)
Region Name: Grand Est (GES)
City: Lauterbourg
ISP: Contabo GmbH
Organization: Contabo GmbH
Threat level: 70 / 100
Conf. level: 100 / 100
Properties
ASN: AS51167
AS Name: Contabo GmbH
Timezone: Europe/Paris
Reverse DNS: vmi2482145.contaboserver.net
Status: Critical MJ12bot
Hosting
Proxy

Observed Client Profile
  • OS: Unknown (100%)
  • Device Type: Bot (100%)
  • Browser Family: Unknown (100%)
  • Rendering Engine: Unknown (100%)
Behavioral Indicators

The IP address exhibits behavior consistent with automated crawling, specifically identified as MJ12bot. While the user-agent appears legitimate, the high volume of requests in a short time frame raises concerns about potential abuse. The hosting infrastructure further complicates the risk assessment.

The supernet (161.97.0.0/16), which this IP belongs to, exhibits coordinated behavior indicative of automated scraping activity, primarily using a common user agent associated with a known bot (MJ12bot). The presence of multiple IPs with high interaction consistency and low-value page requests suggests potential misuse of legitimate infrastructure for analytics pollution.

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User-Agent Samples
  • Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MJ12bot/v1.4.8; http://mj12bot.com/)

IP Location

Region: Grand Est, France

City: Lauterbourg

Local time: 2026-07-05 06:06:11