diff --git a/config/initializers/rack_attack.rb b/config/initializers/rack_attack.rb
index 06e601eed..02a27ff9e 100644
--- a/config/initializers/rack_attack.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/rack_attack.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class Attack
         {}
       end
 
-      req.ip if route[:action].in? %w[email sms]
+      req.ip if route[:action].in? %w(email sms)
     end
 
     # Inform throttled clients about limits and when they will get out of jail
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ class Attack
 
       if Settings.throttling.notify_honeybadger && (
         ((match_data[:limit] - match_data[:count]) < 5) || (match_data[:count] % 10).zero?
-      ) && (request.env['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] || '') !~ /(Google|bot)/i
+      ) && (request.env['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] || '') !~ /(Google|bot)/i &&
+         !request.ip&.start_with?(/15\d\./) # ignore abuse from hwclouds (among others)
         Honeybadger.notify('Throttling request', context: { ip: request.ip, path: request.path }.merge(match_data))
       end