I have fail2ban running on the server itself, also it was a lot more than “a few scripts”

The volume on 22 will be a lot higher than a non default port. With 22 open my router was basically getting DDOS’d at times

Huh, just realized that the r-word and “Reddit” have the same number of characters.

And then you busted after 15 seconds?

The post says “breaking” but this information is over a year old: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/15/revealed-disinformation-team-jorge-claim-meddling-elections-tal-hanan

Yeah meanwhile my kid stepped on my metal cased Dell when he was 3 and bent the metal, cracking the screen