I can't take credit for finding this one. Somebody else on another mailing list I'm on actually found it.
AS22558 itself _does not_ appear to be hijacked. Rather this is a relatively new (2009) AS, but the AS itself is very odd indeed. It's contact phone number isn't working, it apparently has no web site associated with its domain name (mpgnetworks.com) and although the whois record clearly indicates that the company behind this AS is located in California, the California Secretary of State's web site has no record of any "MPG Networks, LLC" operating legally within California. ===================================================================== ASNumber: 22558 ASName: MPGNET ASHandle: AS22558 RegDate: 2010-01-27 Updated: 2010-01-27 Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/asn/AS22558 OrgName: MPG Networks, LLC OrgId: MPGNE Address: 707 Wilshire, suite 411 City: Los Angeles StateProv: CA PostalCode: 90017 Country: US RegDate: 2009-11-03 Updated: 2009-11-03 Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/org/MPGNE OrgTechHandle: MNA72-ARIN OrgTechName: MPG Networks Admin OrgTechPhone: +1-213-867-3652 OrgTechEmail: ad...@mpgnetworks.com OrgTechRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/MNA72-ARIN ===================================================================== So anyway, this AS appears to currently be routing what looks an awful lot like a whole lot of abandoned legacy IP address space, to wit: 66.119.224.0/20 192.101.208.0/20 192.101.224.0/20 192.112.112.0/22 192.112.116.0/22 192.112.120.0/22 192.112.124.0/22 198.13.0.0/22 198.13.4.0/22 198.13.8.0/22 198.13.12.0/22 198.162.208.0/20 198.178.64.0/22 198.178.68.0/22 198.178.72.0/22 198.178.76.0/22 198.178.80.0/20 206.201.48.0/20 Furthermore, looking at the name server data for these blocks, what I see in them sure as heck looks an awful lot like snowshoe spam domains to me. (See listing attached below.) Last but not least, robtex.com indicates that this entire AS is only connected to the Internet via a single other AS, i.e. AS3491, aka "Beyond The Network America, Inc." And I'd just like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that AS3491 is also still the only connection to the Internet for two other hijacked ASes (and all of the apparently hijacked address space that each of those is announcing), i.e. AS6061 and AS10392. In short, it does appear that the crooks are now officially running the Internet. (And yes, I _did_ properly inform the fine folks at Beyond The Network America, Inc. last week that they were aiding and abetting the effective theft of IP address space by whoever has hijacked AS6061 and AS10392, _and_ I _did_ get an acknowledgement back from them, indicating clearly that some live human there had read my message. But no, apparently they don't give a rat's ass, and they are perfectly fine with aiding & abetting the hijacker(s) in this case... presumably as long as whoever it is keeps on sending them checks every month.) 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