IP Address: 209.85.160.197

ℹ️ Network Annotation: Google, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

This is (part of) the GCP public cloud. Some email protection services run in GCP, but it is also an attack/spam vector.

Last updated: 1/29/2026

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Geolocation Information

Country:: US United States
Coordinates:: 37.751, -97.822

WHOIS Information

Network Name:: GOOGLE
CIDR:: 209.85.128.0/17
Owner:: Google LLC
Org ID:: GOGL
Address:: 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043
Reverse DNS:: mail-qt1-f197.google.com
Last updated: 2/5/2026

Analysis

This IP was first observed on January 17, 2025 and most recently on December 18, 2025. It has been associated with 7 failed authentication events affecting 10 messages, representing moderate activity. The IP belongs to GOOGLE (Google LLC), a cloud hosting provider with activity associated with United States. 8 other IPs in the same /24 subnet (209.85.160.*) also appear in this dataset.

Network Topology

Failures Detected from this IP

Showing 1-7 of 7 failures, affecting 10 messages

Date ▼	Messages
12/18/2025	1
9/25/2025	1
9/8/2025	3
6/25/2025	1
5/2/2025	2
4/25/2025	1
1/17/2025	1

External Reputation Lookups

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Nearby IPs

Other IPs in the 209.85.160.0/24 range observed failing DMARC:

209.85.160.200 (8 failures), 209.85.160.198 (7 failures), 209.85.160.199 (7 failures), 209.85.160.232 (4 failures), 209.85.160.69 (4 failures), 209.85.160.226 (3 failures), 209.85.160.102 (2 failures), 209.85.160.104 (2 failures)