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https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-charges-and-guilty-pleas-three-computer-crime-cases-involving https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice

by verroq 9y ago

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-charges-and-guilty-pleas-three-computer-crime-cases-involving https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-... FBI indictments > JIIA further participated in a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) hijacking scheme in which JIIA and co-conspirators fraudulently gained control over IP addresses that were in legitimate use by third parties. JIIA conducted these activities to consolidate and maximize the power of the Mirai botnet. [1] Uhh what? [1] https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1017581/download https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1017581/downl...

dylz 9y ago
At the very least they stole IPs for the hell of it. Datawagon, Protraf, .... The cybercrime hosts stole a ton of space, even impersonating dead people and falsifying documents. Served malware, etc off them https://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/query/SBL180438 https://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/query/SBL180438 Also stole a ton for abuse/C&C/etc. https://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/query/SBL287709 https://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/query/SBL287709 (check whois names at bottom) They also hijacked 1.3.3.0/24 to announce 1.3.3.7/32 (you can guess why).