It’s not uncommon for Spamhaus threat investigators to come across network assets that unauthorized third parties have hijacked for their own illegal or malicious purposes. In most cases, large IP ranges are left abandoned by their owners. This may be due to the company going out of business, losing track of IP addresses, or simply not using them.
Read MoreWhile examining the IP blocks linked to the North American businesses and organizations involved, we found the following names in the ARIN database:
- Export Development Organization - Ottawa, Ontario (Canada)
- McMillan Bathurst - Mississauga, Ontario (Canada)
- Corporate Communications, Inc. - Frisco, Texas (USA)
- TransAlta Utilities Corporation - Calgary, Alberta (Canada)
- Citigroup Inc. - Warren, New Jersey (USA)
- CoreComm Internet Services Inc - Williamsville, New York (USA)
- AT&T - Redmond, Washington (USA)...
