diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/paas/roles/ansible-ufw/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/playbooks/paas/roles/ansible-ufw/defaults/main.yml
index 34cc3ab1..fb52137f 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/paas/roles/ansible-ufw/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/paas/roles/ansible-ufw/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 ---
-ufw_packages:
-  - ufw
-
 ufw_ipv6: "yes"
 ufw_default_input_policy: DROP
 ufw_default_output_policy: ACCEPT
@@ -39,3 +36,7 @@ ufw_rules:
 ufw_custom_rules: []
 
 ufw_applications: []
+
+# Blocklist configuration
+ufw_blocklist_enabled: true
+ufw_blocklist_url: "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/duggytuxy/Data-Shield_IPv4_Blocklist@refs/heads/main/prod_data-shield_ipv4_blocklist.txt"
diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/paas/roles/ansible-ufw/handlers/main.yml b/ansible/playbooks/paas/roles/ansible-ufw/handlers/main.yml
index 6cb8fbc1..7cbb50f9 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/paas/roles/ansible-ufw/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/paas/roles/ansible-ufw/handlers/main.yml
@@ -2,3 +2,7 @@
 - name: Reload ufw
   community.general.ufw:
     state: reloaded
+
+- name: Reload systemd
+  ansible.builtin.systemd:
+    daemon_reload: true
diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/paas/roles/ansible-ufw/tasks/blocklist.yml b/ansible/playbooks/paas/roles/ansible-ufw/tasks/blocklist.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad01bfa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/paas/roles/ansible-ufw/tasks/blocklist.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+---
+- name: Create blocklist working directory
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ ufw_blocklist_tmp_dir }}"
+    state: directory
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0700"
+
+- name: Deploy blocklist update script
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: ufw-blocklist-update.sh.j2
+    dest: "{{ ufw_blocklist_script_path }}"
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0700"
+
+- name: Create ipset for blocklist
+  ansible.builtin.shell: |
+    if ! ipset list {{ ufw_blocklist_ipset_name }} >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      ipset create {{ ufw_blocklist_ipset_name }} hash:ip maxelem 200000
+      echo "CHANGED"
+    else
+      echo "OK"
+    fi
+  register: ipset_create
+  changed_when: "'CHANGED' in ipset_create.stdout"
+
+- name: Ensure ipset match rule is in before.rules
+  ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+    path: /etc/ufw/before.rules
+    insertafter: "^-A ufw-before-input -i lo -j ACCEPT"
+    line: "-A ufw-before-input -m set --match-set {{ ufw_blocklist_ipset_name }} src -j DROP"
+    state: present
+  notify: Reload ufw
+
+- name: Deploy ipset restore systemd service
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: ufw-blocklist-restore.service.j2
+    dest: /etc/systemd/system/ufw-blocklist-restore.service
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0644"
+  notify: Reload systemd
+
+- name: Enable ipset restore service
+  ansible.builtin.systemd:
+    name: ufw-blocklist-restore.service
+    enabled: true
+    daemon_reload: true
+
+- name: Reload ufw now if ipset rule was just added
+  ansible.builtin.meta: flush_handlers
+
+- name: Run initial blocklist update
+  ansible.builtin.command: "{{ ufw_blocklist_script_path }}"
+  register: initial_update
+  changed_when: true
+  when: ipset_create is changed
+
+- name: Configure cron job for blocklist updates
+  ansible.builtin.cron:
+    name: "{{ ufw_blocklist_ipset_name }}-update"
+    minute: "{{ ufw_blocklist_cron_minute }}"
+    hour: "{{ ufw_blocklist_cron_hour }}"
+    day: "{{ ufw_blocklist_cron_day }}"
+    month: "{{ ufw_blocklist_cron_month }}"
+    weekday: "{{ ufw_blocklist_cron_weekday }}"
+    job: "{{ ufw_blocklist_script_path }} 2>&1 | logger -t ufw-blocklist-cron"
+    user: root
+    state: present
diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/paas/roles/ansible-ufw/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/playbooks/paas/roles/ansible-ufw/tasks/main.yml
index 8470f35f..fff99fc6 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/paas/roles/ansible-ufw/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/paas/roles/ansible-ufw/tasks/main.yml
@@ -23,3 +23,7 @@
   community.general.ufw:
     state: "{{ ufw_state }}"
     logging: "{{ ufw_logging }}"
+
+- name: Configure blocklist
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: blocklist.yml
+  when: ufw_blocklist_enabled
diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/paas/roles/ansible-ufw/templates/ufw-blocklist-restore.service.j2 b/ansible/playbooks/paas/roles/ansible-ufw/templates/ufw-blocklist-restore.service.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..32aff8fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/paas/roles/ansible-ufw/templates/ufw-blocklist-restore.service.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Restore UFW blocklist ipset before UFW starts
+Before=ufw.service
+After=network-pre.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=/bin/bash -c 'if [ -f {{ ufw_blocklist_ipset_save_file }} ]; then ipset restore < {{ ufw_blocklist_ipset_save_file }}; fi'
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/paas/roles/ansible-ufw/templates/ufw-blocklist-update.sh.j2 b/ansible/playbooks/paas/roles/ansible-ufw/templates/ufw-blocklist-update.sh.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..580d73e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/paas/roles/ansible-ufw/templates/ufw-blocklist-update.sh.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Managed by Ansible - Do not edit manually
+# Updates the {{ ufw_blocklist_ipset_name }} ipset from a remote IPv4 blocklist
+set -euo pipefail
+
+IPSET_NAME="{{ ufw_blocklist_ipset_name }}"
+IPSET_TMP="${IPSET_NAME}-tmp"
+BLOCKLIST_URL="{{ ufw_blocklist_url }}"
+TMP_DIR="{{ ufw_blocklist_tmp_dir }}"
+TMP_FILE="${TMP_DIR}/blocklist_new.txt"
+CURRENT_FILE="${TMP_DIR}/blocklist_current.txt"
+IPSET_SAVE_FILE="{{ ufw_blocklist_ipset_save_file }}"
+LOG_TAG="ufw-blocklist"
+LOCK_FILE="/var/run/ufw-blocklist-update.lock"
+DRY_RUN=false
+VERBOSE=false
+
+for arg in "$@"; do
+    case "$arg" in
+        --dry-run|-n) DRY_RUN=true ;;
+        -v|--verbose) VERBOSE=true ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+log() {
+    if $DRY_RUN; then
+        echo "[DRY-RUN] $1"
+    elif $VERBOSE; then
+        echo "$1"
+    fi
+    logger -t "$LOG_TAG" "$1"
+}
+
+cleanup() {
+    rm -f "$LOCK_FILE" "$TMP_FILE" "${TMP_FILE}.clean"
+    # Destroy tmp set if it exists
+    ipset destroy "$IPSET_TMP" 2>/dev/null || true
+}
+
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+# Prevent concurrent runs
+if [ -f "$LOCK_FILE" ]; then
+    LOCK_PID=$(cat "$LOCK_FILE" 2>/dev/null || true)
+    if [ -n "$LOCK_PID" ] && kill -0 "$LOCK_PID" 2>/dev/null; then
+        log "Another instance is already running (PID $LOCK_PID). Exiting."
+        exit 0
+    fi
+    log "Stale lock file found. Removing."
+    rm -f "$LOCK_FILE"
+fi
+echo $$ > "$LOCK_FILE"
+
+# Ensure temp directory exists
+mkdir -p "$TMP_DIR"
+
+# Ensure the main ipset exists
+if ! ipset list "$IPSET_NAME" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    if $DRY_RUN; then
+        log "Would create ipset: ipset create $IPSET_NAME hash:ip maxelem 200000"
+    else
+        log "ipset $IPSET_NAME does not exist. Creating."
+        ipset create "$IPSET_NAME" hash:ip maxelem 200000
+    fi
+fi
+
+# Download the blocklist
+log "Downloading blocklist from $BLOCKLIST_URL"
+if ! curl -fsSL --retry 3 --retry-delay 10 --max-time {{ ufw_blocklist_download_timeout }} \
+    -o "$TMP_FILE" "$BLOCKLIST_URL"; then
+    log "ERROR: Failed to download blocklist. Aborting update."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Validate and clean the downloaded file: keep only valid IPv4 addresses
+grep -Eo '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(/[0-9]+)?$' "$TMP_FILE" | sort -u > "${TMP_FILE}.clean"
+mv "${TMP_FILE}.clean" "$TMP_FILE"
+
+NEW_COUNT=$(wc -l < "$TMP_FILE")
+if [ "$NEW_COUNT" -eq 0 ]; then
+    log "ERROR: Downloaded blocklist is empty. Aborting update."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Sanity check: reject suspiciously small lists (possible corruption)
+if [ -f "$CURRENT_FILE" ]; then
+    CURRENT_COUNT=$(wc -l < "$CURRENT_FILE")
+    if [ "$CURRENT_COUNT" -gt 0 ]; then
+        MIN_EXPECTED=$(( CURRENT_COUNT * {{ ufw_blocklist_min_ratio }} / 100 ))
+        if [ "$NEW_COUNT" -lt "$MIN_EXPECTED" ]; then
+            log "WARNING: New list ($NEW_COUNT IPs) is less than {{ ufw_blocklist_min_ratio }}% of current ($CURRENT_COUNT IPs). Aborting."
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
+
+log "Downloaded $NEW_COUNT IPs."
+
+if $DRY_RUN; then
+    # In dry-run, show what would change
+    if [ -f "$CURRENT_FILE" ]; then
+        ADD_COUNT=$(comm -23 "$TMP_FILE" "$CURRENT_FILE" | wc -l)
+        REMOVE_COUNT=$(comm -13 "$TMP_FILE" "$CURRENT_FILE" | wc -l)
+    else
+        ADD_COUNT="$NEW_COUNT"
+        REMOVE_COUNT=0
+    fi
+    log "Would add: $ADD_COUNT IPs, Would remove: $REMOVE_COUNT IPs, Total: $NEW_COUNT IPs"
+    log "Would swap ipset $IPSET_TMP -> $IPSET_NAME"
+    log "Would save ipset to $IPSET_SAVE_FILE"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# Create temporary ipset and populate it
+ipset create "$IPSET_TMP" hash:ip maxelem 200000
+
+log "Populating temporary ipset $IPSET_TMP with $NEW_COUNT IPs..."
+while IFS= read -r ip; do
+    [ -z "$ip" ] && continue
+    ipset add "$IPSET_TMP" "$ip" 2>/dev/null || true
+done < "$TMP_FILE"
+
+# Atomic swap
+ipset swap "$IPSET_TMP" "$IPSET_NAME"
+log "Swapped $IPSET_TMP -> $IPSET_NAME"
+
+# Destroy the old set (now under the tmp name)
+ipset destroy "$IPSET_TMP" 2>/dev/null || true
+
+# Save for persistence across reboots
+ipset save "$IPSET_NAME" > "$IPSET_SAVE_FILE"
+log "Saved ipset to $IPSET_SAVE_FILE"
+
+# Save the current list for next run's sanity check
+cp "$TMP_FILE" "$CURRENT_FILE"
+
+TOTAL=$(ipset list "$IPSET_NAME" 2>/dev/null | grep -c "^[0-9]" || true)
+log "Update complete. Total blocked: $TOTAL IPs"
diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/paas/roles/ansible-ufw/vars/main.yml b/ansible/playbooks/paas/roles/ansible-ufw/vars/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ba6a6888
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/paas/roles/ansible-ufw/vars/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+---
+ufw_packages:
+  - ufw
+  - ipset
+
+ufw_blocklist_ipset_name: ufw-blocklist-user
+
+ufw_blocklist_script_path: /usr/local/sbin/ufw-blocklist-update.sh
+
+ufw_blocklist_tmp_dir: /var/lib/ufw-blocklist
+
+ufw_blocklist_ipset_save_file: /var/lib/ufw-blocklist/ipset.save
+
+ufw_blocklist_download_timeout: 60
+
+# Minimum ratio (%) of new list size vs current list to accept the update
+# Protects against corrupted/empty downloads replacing a valid blocklist
+ufw_blocklist_min_ratio: 50
+
+# Cron schedule - default every 6 hours matching upstream refresh rate
+ufw_blocklist_cron_minute: "15"
+ufw_blocklist_cron_hour: "*/6"
+ufw_blocklist_cron_day: "*"
+ufw_blocklist_cron_month: "*"
+ufw_blocklist_cron_weekday: "*"