The great IP address heist

terrorgen · December 2019

So Google sent me this today for my daily news.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/12/the-great-50m-african-ip-address-heist/

seriesn · December 2019

@terrorgen said:
So Google sent me this today for my daily news.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/12/the-great-50m-african-ip-address-heist/

Add this to the list of Internet Crime that blows your mind,
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/12/failed-plot-to-steal-domain-name-at-gunpoint-brings-14-year-prison-term/

dahartigan · December 2019

@seriesn said:

@terrorgen said:
So Google sent me this today for my daily news.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/12/the-great-50m-african-ip-address-heist/

Add this to the list of Internet Crime that blows your mind,
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/12/failed-plot-to-steal-domain-name-at-gunpoint-brings-14-year-prison-term/

This is a stick up, hand over your domains or the kitty gets it!

seriesn · December 2019

@dahartigan said:

@seriesn said:

@terrorgen said:
So Google sent me this today for my daily news.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/12/the-great-50m-african-ip-address-heist/

Add this to the list of Internet Crime that blows your mind,
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/12/failed-plot-to-steal-domain-name-at-gunpoint-brings-14-year-prison-term/

This is a stick up, hand over your domains or the kitty gets it!

That is the crap you pulled with me when you first commented

Francisco · December 2019

I thought this was another CC thread.

Carry on.

Francisco

dahartigan · December 2019

@seriesn said:

@dahartigan said:

@seriesn said:

@terrorgen said:
So Google sent me this today for my daily news.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/12/the-great-50m-african-ip-address-heist/

Add this to the list of Internet Crime that blows your mind,
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/12/failed-plot-to-steal-domain-name-at-gunpoint-brings-14-year-prison-term/

This is a stick up, hand over your domains or the kitty gets it!

That is the crap you pulled with me when you first commented

I'm glad you remember :-P

lazyt · December 2019

Not CC? Now I'm amazed.

AlSwearengen · December 2019

@Francisco said:
I thought this was another CC thread.

Carry on.

Francisco

I was expecting it was another provider that bought VMBox. VMBox did a promo with 2GB RAM, 50GB drives, 5 IPV4's per VPS, and, get this, $20/year. If they get upgraded to OVZ7, they'll be my proudest scores ever.

K4Y5 · December 2019

@AlSwearengen said:

@Francisco said:
I thought this was another CC thread.

Carry on.

Francisco

I was expecting it was another provider that bought VMBox. VMBox did a promo with 2GB RAM, 50GB drives, 5 IPV4's per VPS, and, get this, $20/year. If they get upgraded to OVZ7, they'll be my proudest scores ever.

AFAIK, VMBox was bought out by @qps. Quite certain that you will not have much to worry about.

qps · December 2019

@AlSwearengen said:
I was expecting it was another provider that bought VMBox. VMBox did a promo with 2GB RAM, 50GB drives, 5 IPV4's per VPS, and, get this, $20/year. If they get upgraded to OVZ7, they'll be my proudest scores ever.

VMBox had free IPs from QuadraNet in LA, so it worked for a while. But then QuadraNet started charging for IPs, so after we bought it we had to move everyone over to other IPs.

We will be announcing soon that the extra IPs won't be free once your prepaid time runs out.

AlSwearengen · December 2019

@qps said:

@AlSwearengen said:
I was expecting it was another provider that bought VMBox. VMBox did a promo with 2GB RAM, 50GB drives, 5 IPV4's per VPS, and, get this, $20/year. If they get upgraded to OVZ7, they'll be my proudest scores ever.

VMBox had free IPs from QuadraNet in LA, so it worked for a while. But then QuadraNet started charging for IPs, so after we bought it we had to move everyone over to other IPs.

We will be announcing soon that the extra IPs won't be free once your prepaid time runs out.

So... I should prepay them for a few years?

Will you be upgrading them to OVZ7?

qps · December 2019

@AlSwearengen said: So... I should prepay them for a few years?

Heh, nice try.

Will you be upgrading them to OVZ7?

Haven't decided. May go OVZ7 or KVM. We're still looking at the options to determine the best path forward.

Daniel · December 2019

The source article is way more detailed. Very well-written. https://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/330379-how-internet-resources-worth-r800-million-were-stolen-and-sold-on-the-black-market.html

The great IP address heist

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