Fellow Linoder appears to be trying hack my linode

Below is my log from auth.log. Looks like intentional probing of my own linode. And actually the log is much greater… this is just a condensed version. :?

Where/should I report this to Linode?

> Jun 23 19:34:49 my_host sshd[18026]: reverse mapping checking getaddrinfo for u86-60.members.linode.com [50.116.30.60] failed - POSSIBLE BREAK-IN ATTEMPT!

Jun 23 19:34:49 my_host sshd[18026]: Invalid user teamspeak from 50.116.30.60

Jun 23 19:34:49 my_host sshd[18029]: reverse mapping checking getaddrinfo for u86-60.members.linode.com [50.116.30.60] failed - POSSIBLE BREAK-IN ATTEMPT!

Jun 23 19:34:49 my_host sshd[18029]: Invalid user teamspeak from 50.116.30.60

Jun 23 19:34:50 my_host sshd[18031]: reverse mapping checking getaddrinfo for u86-60.members.linode.com [50.116.30.60] failed - POSSIBLE BREAK-IN ATTEMPT!

Jun 23 19:34:50 my_host sshd[18031]: Invalid user nagios from 50.116.30.60

Jun 23 19:34:50 my_host sshd[18033]: reverse mapping checking getaddrinfo for u86-60.members.linode.com [50.116.30.60] failed - POSSIBLE BREAK-IN ATTEMPT!

Jun 23 19:34:50 my_host sshd[18033]: Invalid user postgres from 50.116.30.60

Jun 23 19:34:51 my_host sshd[18035]: reverse mapping checking getaddrinfo for u86-60.members.linode.com [50.116.30.60] failed - POSSIBLE BREAK-IN ATTEMPT!

Jun 23 19:34:51 my_host sshd[18037]: reverse mapping checking getaddrinfo for u86-60.members.linode.com [50.116.30.60] failed - POSSIBLE BREAK-IN ATTEMPT!

Jun 23 19:34:52 my_host sshd[18039]: reverse mapping checking getaddrinfo for u86-60.members.linode.com [50.116.30.60] failed - POSSIBLE BREAK-IN ATTEMPT!

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email all relevant log entries to abuse@linode.com

I got a couple Fail2Ban messages about the same IP yesterday. I shot an email to abuse AT linode with excerpts from my logs and a link to this forum thread.

EDIT: And, with a lightning-quick response as always, Linode support has already taken care of things:

> Hello,

Thanks for the report. We have already terminated our services with the customer at this IP.

Regards,

Jon C.

Linode Support

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