From nanog-bounces+bonomi=mail.r-bonomi.com@nanog.org Tue Oct 12 04:00:19 2010 To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: AS22558 - Routing apparently hijacked space Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 02:01:32 -0700 From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com>

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.

The whois record is also suspect. A little bird tells me tht there is is no 'suite 411' at 707 Wilshire.

===================================================================== 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