The IP address, 131.137.245.208, has been cited for page vandalism dozens of times since early 2012.

One of those citations came in August 2014, when someone using the IP address added "OH HELL NAH! If I want me a replica, I'll get me a replica" to the "Prohibited devices" section of a page about Canadian gun politics.

In November 2013, a Wikipedia user warned that the IP address could be blocked from editing after someone using a DND computer wrote that Afghans "still sing folk songs" about a Canadian Forces member who had served there.

The IP address, which is linked to hundreds of Wikipedia edits over the past five years, is likely used by multiple devices and computers within the department.