IP Abuse Contact

Look up the IP abuse contact for any IP address range. IP Trust's IP abuse contact API and database provide structured contact details sourced directly from RIR records - streamlining incident response and automating abuse report filing.

IP abuse contact data

IP Trust's IP abuse contact data provides the name, email address, and physical address of the person or team responsible for handling abuse reports for any IP range.

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JSON Field Description Plans
{
"abuse_contact": {
"address": "One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052", optional Physical mailing address for the abuse contact of the network owner. Premium
"email": "abuse@microsoft.com", optional Email address for reporting abuse originating from this network. Premium
"name": "Microsoft Abuse Contact" optional Name of the person or team responsible for abuse reports. Premium
}
}
Field Value Description Database Package
abuse_nameMicrosoft Abuse ContactName of the person or team responsible for abuse reports.ASN & Abuse Contacts
abuse_emailabuse@microsoft.comEmail address for reporting abuse originating from this network.ASN & Abuse Contacts
abuse_phone+1-425-882-8080Phone number for the abuse contact, if available.ASN & Abuse Contacts
abuse_addressOne Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052Physical mailing address for the abuse contact of the network owner.ASN & Abuse Contacts

How IP abuse contact data helps your business

Quickly find the right IP abuse contact to report incidents, automate response workflows, and hold network operators accountable.

Automated Abuse Reporting

Look up the correct abuse contact for any offending IP and automatically generate and send abuse reports. Eliminate the manual process of searching WHOIS records and composing emails for each incident.

Incident Response

When you detect an attack or abuse, instantly retrieve the responsible network operator's contact details. Speed up your incident response workflow by having structured, ready-to-use contact information on hand.

Threat Intelligence Enrichment

Enrich your threat intelligence feeds with abuse contact information. Understand which network operators are responsive to reports and track patterns of abuse across networks over time.

Why choose IP Trust for IP abuse contact lookups?

Structured, machine-readable IP abuse contact data sourced directly from all five Regional Internet Registries.

Direct from WHOIS and RDAP records

Abuse contact data is extracted directly from WHOIS and RDAP records maintained by all five Regional Internet Registries (ARIN, RIPE, APNIC, LACNIC, AFRINIC). No scraping, no guessing - just the authoritative contact details registered by the network operator.

All 5 RIRs WHOIS RDAP

Structured & machine-readable

No more parsing free-text WHOIS output. Every abuse contact is returned as structured JSON with separate fields for name, email, and address, ready to plug directly into your incident response tooling and automation workflows.

Structured JSON Automation Ready No Parsing Needed

Full global coverage, daily updates

Full coverage of all allocated IP ranges worldwide. Abuse contact records are refreshed daily to reflect changes in network ownership, updated contact details, and new allocations.

IPv4 & IPv6 Global Coverage Daily Updates

Get started with IP abuse contact data

Choose the integration model that works best for your use case.

{ "address": "One Microsoft Way, Redmond", "email": "abuse@microsoft.com", "name": "Microsoft Abuse Contact" }

IP Abuse Contact API

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NetworkAbuse NameEmailPhoneAddress
5.57.227.64/28Stackscale NOCabuse@stackscale.comCalle Dos de Mayo 2, Elda
8.12.66.0/24Network Servicesadmins@incomm.com+1-770-240-6116250 Williams St, Atlanta
24.139.0.0/23ARIN Abuse Supportarin-abuse@eastlink.ca+1-902-453-28006080 Young St, Halifax
41.72.222.0/24Andrew Alstonandrew@liquidtelecom.com+254-20-5000000Sameer Park, Nairobi
41.181.52.172/30Alan McKinnonalan@mtn.com+27-11-912-3000216 14th Ave, Johannesburg

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FAQ

What is an IP abuse contact?

An IP abuse contact is the person or team designated by a network operator to receive reports of malicious or unwanted activity originating from their IP address ranges. Every IP range registered with a Regional Internet Registry (RIR) has an associated abuse contact. IP Trust makes this data available as structured fields via the IP abuse contact API and database.

What does the IP abuse contact API return?

The IP abuse contact API returns three fields for each IP address: the contact name (person or team), the abuse email address, and the physical mailing address. These are sourced directly from WHOIS and RDAP records maintained by the five Regional Internet Registries, so you get authoritative data without having to parse raw WHOIS output yourself.

Can I download the IP abuse contact database for local use?

Yes. IP abuse contact data is included in the ASN & Abuse Contacts database package, available for download in MMDB, CSV, JSON, and Parquet formats. The IP abuse contact database also includes a phone number field not available via the API. Once downloaded, lookups run entirely on your own infrastructure with zero external calls. See our database downloads page for details.

How often is IP abuse contact data updated?

IP Trust refreshes abuse contact records daily from all five RIR sources (ARIN, RIPE, APNIC, LACNIC, AFRINIC). This ensures that changes in network ownership, updated contact details, and newly allocated IP ranges are reflected quickly in both the IP abuse contact API and database.

How is the IP abuse contact API different from a WHOIS lookup?

A raw WHOIS lookup returns unstructured text that varies by registry and often contains irrelevant fields. The IP abuse contact API extracts just the abuse-relevant contact details - name, email, and address - and returns them as clean, structured JSON ready for automation. It also handles rate limits and registry differences behind the scenes, so you get consistent results regardless of which RIR manages the IP range.

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