[anti-abuse-wg] IPv4 squatting -- Courtesy of AS44050, AS58552

Peace,

On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 12:42 PM Töma Gavrichenkov <ximaera at gmail.com> wrote:
> AS44050 is basically the SOHO provider for the St. Petersburg Internet
> Exchange.  St. Petersburg's population is slightly below 5 million
> people, not counting satellite cities and suburbs (which, if counted,
> would contribute another 2 millions I think), and the city has quite
> got a reputation for hidden criminal activity.  It's Chicago-style if
> you will.  Surely there are also quite a few criminals in one of the
> largest ISP networks of the city.

To avoid blatant misunderstanding and inappropriate jokes: that's a
few criminals AS CUSTOMERS of the largest SOHO ISP network of the
city.
There's no reason at this point to suspect intentional harm from the employees.

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Töma