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Aug 03, 2021

Login failed with Sign-in was blocked because it came from an IP address with malicious activity

Hello, I'm looking for a definitive, authoritative answer to what exactly entails a Azure AD login failed with the message "Sign-in was blocked because it came from an IP address with malicious activity". Errore code 50053. On the Authentication Details for the login, the Result Detail is showing "Incorrect password".

I've looked around other posts in forum but I did find only this answer https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/2646/blocked-signed-in-due-to-ip-what-about-password.html

I would like to know if a login as in this case, with

- Basic info showing as Failure reason "Sign-in was blocked because it came from an IP address with malicious activity"

- Authentication details showing as Result detail "Incorrect password"

is a login with a correct password, which was reject by Azure AD because it came from a known malicious IP, or is a login with a bad password. 
I need to know because in the first case the user is compromised, and I need to take action, in the second case the user is not compromised, and this is a standard bruteforce attempt I can safely ignore. 

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