Strange file created in my home directory!

I just recently noticed a zero byte size file created at the root level of my home directory (see below). It's an ip address (from Belize) with what I assume to be a high port at the end of the ip address. It was created back on December 6'th and I have no idea how it got there. I have scanned my desktop with ClamxAV and the free version of Sophos for mac but all comes back clean. Has anyone seen something like this before, should I be concerned? I did not create it and no one but me uses this profile.

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