Re: Corporate Identity Theft: Azuki, LLC -- AS13389, 216.179.128.0/17

["Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg () tristatelogic com>]

In message <CA+FDdDTjDgHY=0+Ey-LDwsGtp3QvoktLrEDZ8HCrHXPUigha9g () mail gmail com>
Ross Tajvar <ross () tajvar io> wrote:

> First he thought that a /17 got stolen (by creating a company with the same
> name as the original, now-defunct owner), but he then said he was wrong and
> actually it either 1) got transferred against ARIN policy or 2) was made to
> look like it was transferred by altering the whois data.

Yes.  What he said.

Although he left out the imporant detail that the whole thing appears to
be just a smokescreen cover for a large spamming operation, which apparently
targets primarily the Japanese market and which appears to have been ongoing
since at least 2004:

    https://yomi.tokyo/agate/toki/bouhan/1103682730/1-/a

Regards,
rfg