[MLUG] SSH attempts from admin, guest, test, user

[Jason McIntosh <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Hey, thought I'd ask the LUG as no one else seems to have a clue in hell what this is.  I've been for several weeks/months getting repeated attempts on an ssh port on our linux boxen here at work.  :

admin/password from 66.28.207.16: 2 Time(s)
guest/password from 203.251.69.201: 2 Time(s)
guest/password from 65.120.161.253: 1 Time(s)
guest/password from 66.28.207.16: 1 Time(s)
root/password from 66.28.207.16: 3 Time(s)
test/password from 140.122.85.152: 1 Time(s)
test/password from 203.251.69.201: 2 Time(s)
test/password from 65.120.161.253: 1 Time(s)
test/password from 66.28.207.16: 2 Time(s)
user/password from 66.28.207.16: 1 Time(s)

Authentication Failures:
root (server106.extremerack.com ): 3 Time(s)
unknown (ns2.itbank.net ): 4 Time(s)
unknown (black.bibliodirect.com ): 2 Time(s)
unknown (140.122.85.152 ): 1 Time(s)
unknown (server106.extremerack.com ): 6 Time(s)

Anyone heard of something like this, or have half a clue what the heck is going on?  I've been monitoring these attempts for weeks (maybe months - can't remember the first time I saw it).  It looks like a worm from the way it's acting, but it's weird.  Thoughts anyone?
Thanks!
Jason

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