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Re:The Mirai Botnet Was Part of a College Student Minecraft ... by verroq on Thursday December 14, 2017 @07:37AM (#15921782)
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-...

FBI indictments

> JIIA further participated in a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) hijacking scheme in which JIIA and co-conspirators fraudulently gained control over IP addresses that were in legitimate use by third parties. JIIA conducted these activities to consolidate and maximize the power of the Mirai botnet. [1]

Uhh what?

[1] https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1017581/downl...

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Re:The Mirai Botnet Was Part of a College Student Minecraft ... by dylz on Thursday December 14, 2017 @12:24PM (#15924192)
At the very least they stole IPs for the hell of it. Datawagon, Protraf, ....

The cybercrime hosts stole a ton of space, even impersonating dead people and falsifying documents. Served malware, etc off them

https://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/query/SBL180438

Also stole a ton for abuse/C&C/etc. https://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/query/SBL287709 (check whois names at bottom)

They also hijacked 1.3.3.0/24 to announce 1.3.3.7/32 (you can guess why).

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