[members-discuss] Cogent uses RIPE DB for spam

Hi

I do...and my colleagues as well...but the company number receive such spam anyway(local coc sell your info), not such big problem though.

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> On 2014年6月13日, at 下午2:12, Andrei Kushnireuski <ipas.master at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi Colleagues,
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> First of all, happy Friday 13 =)
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> Cogent uses RIPE DB for phone spam. My colleague just received a phone call from +31204621445 with IP Transit offer. Colleague's phone number is published as admin-c in RIPE DB only.
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> For me it's very bad practice for same company like Cogent to use RIPE DB for spamming. Did anybody receive same calls/emails based on RIPE DB info?
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> Thanks.
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> Andrei Kushnireuski
> AK1065-RIPE
> regID: cz.alfatelecom
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