[routing-wg] AS12679 -- 206.195.224.0/19

In message <20200127052621.GJ36653 at vurt.meerval.net>, 
Job Snijders <job at ntt.net> wrote:

>The dates, the website at https://www.thriftdrug.org/, the non-US origin
>of the announcement all seem to suggest that someone discovered the
>block was dangling, the domain unregistered, and some quick registration
>& forgery could lead to treasure.

Yes.  My apologies to all.  I made a bit of a mistake here.

Note that I no longer use the term "hijacked" because it is too imprecise.
These days I only use the terms "squatted" or "stolen" where the latter
is a term that I reserve for cases where the relevant WHOIS record has
actually been fiddled.

Upon further review, this block (206.195.224.0/19) now appears to have
been stolen, i.e. with the (assumed unwitting) participation of ARIN.

As Job has noted, multiple aspects of the WHOIS record are most certainly
non-conformant with common sense.  I highlight these below.  (I have
attempted to call the new contact phone number and it is dead/disconnected.)

It is my hope, of course, that the apparent illicit take-over of this
block was a product of garden variety incompetence @ ARIN, rather than,
you know, the alternative.

It appears from ARIN WhoWas data that this takeover began on 2019-08-12
with additional fradulent changes to the WHOIS also on 2019-08-14,
2019-08-15, and lastly 2019-09-24, when the OriginAS was fiddled to
its present state.

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[Source: whois://whois.arin.net  2020-01-27 04:18:39 UTC]

NetRange:       206.195.224.0 - 206.195.255.255
CIDR:           206.195.224.0/19
NetName:        THRIFT-NET-1
NetHandle:      NET-206-195-224-0-1
Parent:         NET206 (NET-206-0-0-0-0)
NetType:        Direct Assignment
OriginAS:       AS12679         <========================= Russia ????
Organization:   Thrift Drug, Inc. (THRIFT)
RegDate:        1995-08-03
Updated:        2019-09-24
Ref:            https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/206.195.224.0

OrgName:        Thrift Drug, Inc.
OrgId:          THRIFT
Address:        100 Delta Drive
City:           Pittsburgh
StateProv:      PA
PostalCode:     15238
Country:        US
RegDate:        1994-03-15
Updated:        2019-08-14
Ref:            https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/THRIFT

OrgAbuseHandle: WEBBK16-ARIN
OrgAbuseName:   Webb, Kristi 
OrgAbusePhone:  +1-885-923-1290   <================ dead/bogus
OrgAbuseEmail:  kwebb at thriftdrug.org  <=============== bogus/parked
OrgAbuseRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/WEBBK16-ARIN

OrgTechHandle: WEBBK16-ARIN
OrgTechName:   Webb, Kristi 
OrgTechPhone:  +1-885-923-1290   <================ dead/bogus
OrgTechEmail:  kwebb at thriftdrug.org  <=============== bogus/parked
OrgTechRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/WEBBK16-ARIN