The IP 115.239.228.7 has just been banned by Fail2Ban after 18 attempts against SSH. Latest lines containing IP:115.239.228.7 in /var/log/syslog/sshd.log Jan 24 14:57:19 ftlogin1 sshd[15314]: error: PAM: Authentication failure for root from 115.239.228.7 Jan 24 14:57:19 ftlogin1 sshd[15314]: Failed keyboard-interactive/pam for root from 115.239.228.7 port 58727 ssh2 Jan 24 14:57:19 ftlogin1 sshd[15317]: Postponed keyboard-interactive for root from 115.239.228.7 port 58727 ssh2 Jan 24 14:57:21 ftlogin1 sshd[15314]: error: PAM: Authentication failure for root from 115.239.228.7 Jan 24 14:57:21 ftlogin1 sshd[15314]: Failed keyboard-interactive/pam for root from 115.239.228.7 port 58727 ssh2 Jan 24 14:57:25 ftlogin1 sshd[15437]: error: PAM: Authentication failure for root from 115.239.228.7 Jan 24 14:57:26 ftlogin1 sshd[15440]: Postponed keyboard-interactive for root from 115.239.228.7 port 49055 ssh2 Jan 24 14:57:27 ftlogin1 sshd[15437]: error: PAM: Authentication failure for root from 115.239.228.7 Jan 24 14:57:27 ftlogin1 sshd[15437]: Failed keyboard-interactive/pam for root from 115.239.228.7 port 49055 ssh2 Jan 24 14:57:27 ftlogin1 sshd[15440]: Postponed keyboard-interactive for root from 115.239.228.7 port 49055 ssh2 - Fail2ban on