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The military hopes to “assess, evaluate and prevent unauthorized use of DoD IP address space,” said a statement from the chief of the Pentagon's Defense Digital Service. It also hopes to improve defenses against cyber-intrusions. https://t.co/k09ryMut8t
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 24, 2021
I don’t understand what’s happening here, but the timing suggests something is fishy. https://t.co/j0B3gYEdc4
— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) April 24, 2021
Over the last 3 months, an obscure company in Florida that doesn't even have its own office acquired 5.7% of the global IPv4 address space, more than any other entity
— Daniel Feldman (@d_feldman) April 24, 2021
The theory is that it's a massive US military controlled honeypothttps://t.co/pXU7ujGzOZ
This sounds like a spin up of a “network telescope” project (collect the incoming crap and see what is there) combined with just advertising the space so rogue actors can’t advertise the address ranges themselves. https://t.co/SuZkkzOs05
— Nicholas Weaver (@ncweaver) April 24, 2021
The company did not exist before September.
— David Beard (@dabeard) April 24, 2021
Its office is over a bank in Plantation, Florida.
It hasn't gotten a business license in town.
Never had a government contract.
Yet, on Jan. 20, the Pentagon turned over 1/25 of the internet to it.
Why?https://t.co/7jCweheHU3 @fbajak
If ever DoD decides to start selling this huge IPv4 space we would be interested in obtaining 7.7.7.0/24 ??https://t.co/bGRKHf8XSu
— Init7 (AS13030) (@init7) April 25, 2021
The Department of Defense won't say why it chose to entrust management of a vast amount of internet address space to a company that seems not to have existed until September.https://t.co/K1lHwxaG3S
— The Virginian-Pilot (@virginianpilot) April 25, 2021
Network guy here. The pentagon apparently gave access to this company, although the reasons aren't clear. The IP addresses still belong to the pentagon, and they can easily take them back.https://t.co/nY9gLQtR0r
— Ironing Man (@MooseRobertson) April 25, 2021
*THIS* is a curious story for anyone with interests in the Internet, and how IPv4 space is allocated and managed.
— Bryan William Jones (@BWJones) April 24, 2021
Huge amounts of IPv4 addresses previously controlled by the Pentagon suddenly have gone live, and are being managed by an outside entity: https://t.co/4UAS6CUru0
'A shadowy company residing at a shared workspace above a Florida bank announced to the world’s computer networks that it was now managing a colossal, previously idle chunk of the internet owned by the U.S. Department of Defense.' https://t.co/f86Ad3bNR5
— Hans de Vreij (@hdevreij) April 25, 2021
"After decades of not using a huge chunk of the Internet, the Pentagon has given control of millions of computer addresses to a previously unknown company in an effort to identify possible cyber vulnerabilities and threats" https://t.co/WD7tXBnU6k
— I am an idiot (@AndSmaxx) April 24, 2021
Minutes before the end of the Trump presidency, the DoD began announcing large swaths of its IP allocations to the Internet. By the numbers, AS8003 is now the single largest IPv4 holder on the Internet. https://t.co/GDn5v72wzF
— Chris Cappuccio (@chriscappuccio) April 24, 2021
Anyone else get half way through this and just have "Jared!" pop into your head? https://t.co/LwmCbX2HYZ
— Schooley (@Rschooley) April 24, 2021
Fascinating. The net is a complicated and mysterious thing... https://t.co/3ckTgjxbU4
— Bill Thompson (@billt) April 25, 2021
This is really weird. Could be nothing, or something really bad. https://t.co/Fx8lY81OOa
— Joe Hall (@joehall) April 25, 2021
This is what privatization looks like in real time. Does it make it look like we have a smaller Government, yes. But it is just a mirage and incredibly dangerous to put Government data in private companies hands https://t.co/zOArmyg3Fh
— Nurse Ratched (@veggie64_leslie) April 25, 2021
"I interpret this to mean that the objectives of this effort are twofold. First, to announce this address space to scare off any would-be squatters, and secondly, to collect a massive amount of background internet traffic for threat intelligence."https://t.co/GOF4D3ZGqH
— SƙყɛɖῳɛƖƖɛʀ (@Pamacious) April 25, 2021
Bizarre story that to me needs more reporting. https://t.co/mVh26yBq9G
— Pete Souza (@PeteSouza) April 24, 2021
The Pentagon gave a company control of 175 million IP addresses https://t.co/pNFhsXCD8f pic.twitter.com/j8CkXvoKMN
— #AI (@AI__TECH) April 25, 2021
The Pentagon gave a company control of 175 million IP addresses - move was part of a "#pilot_effort" to study and prevent unauthorized use of the military's IP addresses. It would also help spot "potential vulnerabilities https://t.co/C0xZANgvGU
— switched (@switch_d) April 24, 2021
A company just founded in September, that has no publicly reported federal contracts and no obvious public-facing website, got 175 million Pentagon owned IP addresses, just before trump left office.https://t.co/JIVNEzEKXl
— Gamora (@exoticgamora) April 25, 2021
How much you want to bet Global Resource Systems, LLC, ends up with ties to Trump & Putin? https://t.co/iD2uuW2hXD
— NoelCaslerComedy (@CaslerNoel) April 24, 2021
So, this one is gonna take a while to get my head around... but I've found something that contradicts the reporting below already, though I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not... https://t.co/ni9BL0GWNz
— random facts girl (@soychicka) April 24, 2021
The Florida mystery of dormant Pentagon IP addresses - The Washington Post https://t.co/8HzdDZyvuj
— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) April 25, 2021
I've spent way too long down this trippy rabbit hole (thank you @caslernoel) and I can't put my finger on it but something about this story doesn't add up. https://t.co/ockZVUeyUe
— Zev Shalev (@ZevShalev) April 24, 2021
Minutes before Trump left office, millions of the Pentagon’s dormant IP addresses sprang to life
— Khashoggi’s Ghost (@UROCKlive1) April 24, 2021
After decades of not using a huge chunk of the Internet, the Pentagon has given control of millions of computer addresses to a previously unknown company ??https://t.co/BU0KBbnCKm
Spooky shit https://t.co/OQwU8Cog9C
— Hank Oslo (@xctlot) April 24, 2021
THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL and right after Trump left office.
— Dave D (@Dave_Spartans) April 25, 2021
MUST READ ???
After decades of not using a huge chunk of the Internet, the Pentagon gave control of millions of IP addresses 2 an unknown company in an effort 2 identify possible cyber threats.https://t.co/qjJpQ9jHig
Should we be worried here?@ninaandtito @LincolnsBible @gregolear @ZevShalev
— @SaysDana ? ?? (@SaysDana) April 25, 2021
H/t @dsimons1
https://t.co/v1CYutT0zx
#Conspiracy ? #Florida #Technology
— Hewitt Newton (@HewittNewton) April 24, 2021
Florida mystery of dormant Pentagon IP addresses - The Washington Post https://t.co/pUfMpz4qnO
A shady internet land grab by a mysterious Florida company https://t.co/UA93yU2vZz
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) April 24, 2021
#BREAKING: “While the world was distracted with Trump leaving office on Jan. 20, an obscure FL company discreetly announced....It now was managing a huge unused swath of the Internet that, for several decades, had been owned by the U.S. military.”
— Emoluments Clause (@Emolclause) April 26, 2021
WTH??https://t.co/TdqMyt05pI
???? x Infinity
— Jim Stewartson, QAnon Eliminator, #RIPQ ???☠️ (@jimstewartson) April 25, 2021
What the fuck is this?
The Pentagon was run by traitors who’s goal was to DESTROY DEMOCRACY. “Minutes before” AYFKM? ?https://t.co/HRroHbgc4K
Washington Post - Minutes before Trump left office, millions of the Pentagon’s dormant IP addresses sprang to life.https://t.co/1SgPskF8no
— JΞSŦΞR ✪ ΔCŦUΔL³³°¹ (@th3j35t3r) April 24, 2021
It happened on 1/20, and finally allowed to be reported on 4/24. All planned and all controlled. https://t.co/2r2RBXsLG0
— checkmate ? ? ? (@Emma89572703) April 26, 2021
Bizarre story that to me needs more reporting. https://t.co/mVh26yBq9G
— Pete Souza (@PeteSouza) April 24, 2021