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Medium riskEncountered ViaSIGN-INS 5 July 2026
RegionOtagoNew Zealand

Automated probes from Colombian networks are testing local logins.

Technical intelligence has identified a series of coordinated sign-in attacks originating from Colombia targeting local New Zealand organisations.

A high-volume sign-in campaign originating from Colombia has been detected by Decision1 monitoring systems. These automated probes are testing multiple staff accounts across the community, searching for weak credentials. This highlights the importance of geoblocking and robust identity protection policies.

Source: Decision1 Internal Intelligence

IP Intelligence

Signals about the attacker's network — abuse history, hosting provider, and the ISP's typical role. Bulletproof hosts and residential-proxy networks are the usual bad-actor infrastructure.

Abuse score100 / 100High abuse
ISPTelmex Colombia S.A.
Under attack
Microsoft 365
Source
Decision1