Re: Cogent Abuse - Bogus Propagation of ASN 36471

[Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke () gmail com>]

I might note for those who are unfamiliar with it, that the "Kratos" entity
is a major US defense contractor and manufacturer of advanced UAVs, so if
this issue is not addressed it has a high likelihood of getting attention
from some of the more clued-in folks in the federal government.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kratos_XQ-58_Valkyrie


On Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 7:31 AM Pete Rohrman <prohrman () stage2networks com>
wrote:

> NANOG,
>
> A customer of Cogent has a compromised router that is announcing
> prefixes sourced from AS 36471.   Cogent is propagating that to the
> world.  Problem is, those prefixes and AS don't belong to that customer
> of Cogent - AS 36471 belongs to Kratos Defense & Security Solutions,
> Inc. (see whois).
>
> Requests to Cogent Support and Abuse go un-actioned.  Need a contact at
> Cogent Abuse that can shut down that compromised router.  Anyone have a
> good contact at Cogent Abuse Dept?
>
> Cogent ticket: HD302928500
>
> Pete
>
> --
> Pete
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