TRACING THE PHYSICAL LOCATION OF AN IP ADDRESS - HACKING VICTIM

[pioneerfix]

Hi Guys, can you help me how to find the physical address using only the ip address. A social media account has been hacked, and we have only managed to obtain an IP address. How do we trace the geolocation. 

 

Thanks. 

[Lurick]

You don't, IP addresses can easily be spoofed, geo-location is very inaccurate and MIGHT, if you're lucky, give you the right state or city if you're really lucky but that's about it.

[pioneerfix]

Ah I see. thanks. Just in case the ip address is legit, how should I proceed? 

[Sauron]

6 minutes ago, pioneerfix said:

Hi Guys, can you help me how to find the physical address using only the ip address. A social media account has been hacked, and we have only managed to obtain an IP address. How do we trace the geolocation. 

 

Thanks. 

You can't.

2 minutes ago, pioneerfix said:

Ah I see. thanks. Just in case the ip address is legit, how should I proceed? 

Call the police.

[Lurick]

Just now, pioneerfix said:

Ah I see. thanks. Just in case the ip address is legit, how should I proceed? 

Change the password of the account and move on. Unless something of value was taken or a serious crime was committed with the account while under the other person's possession, nobody is going to do much of anything.

[pioneerfix]

Thank you very much for your insights! 

[Derrk]

i once got hacked and the IP said it was someone from northern northern canada. Like bordering the arctic.

Basically,,,, VPNs

[jj9987]

Adding to that - a lot of ISPs are doing NAT, meaning best you can get is the ISP as there are thousands of clients under the same IP. Which in some cases could be a whole country. That is, if it is a real IP.

 

Unless it had some major effect on your business/service, there isn't anything you can do with the location anyway, at least not within the legal ways. Just secure your system and move on.

[Glenwing]

Thread locked, asking for help with this sort of thing is not permitted.