[anti-abuse-wg] Massive prefix theft in AFRINIC - attributed to an insider

 
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/12/the-great-50m-african-ip-address-heist/
 
 
 
--------- Original Message --------- Subject: Re: [anti-abuse-wg] Massive prefix theft in AFRINIC - attributed to an insider
From: "Michele Neylon - Blacknight" <michele at blacknight.com>
Date: 12/6/19 1:14 am
To: "Suresh Ramasubramanian" <ops.lists at gmail.com>, "anti-abuse-wg at ripe.net" <anti-abuse-wg at ripe.net>

Great work from Ron
 
 Sad to see this happen, though it was to be expected considering how much IPs are now worth
 
 
 
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 On 04/12/2019, 19:43, "anti-abuse-wg on behalf of Suresh Ramasubramanian" <anti-abuse-wg-bounces at ripe.net on behalf of ops.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
 
 Congratulations, Ron Guilmette. You've been doing this for years and this is your biggest success yet.
 
 https://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/330379-how-internet-resources-worth-r800-million-were-stolen-and-sold-on-the-black-market.html
 
 tl;dr - The insider is apparently Ernest Byaruhanga, AFRINIC employee #2, and he has now separated from AFRINIC
 
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