[AusNOG] Urgent - Pacnet NOC contact (with BGP clue)

[Skeeve Stevens]

I believe it does qualify.

Who knows what they are doing with the data.

...Skeeve
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----- Original Message -----
From: Ben McGinnes [mailto:ben at adversary.org]
Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 11:09 AM
To: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Urgent - Pacnet NOC contact (with BGP clue)

On 12/12/10 10:44 AM, Mark Smith wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:30:52 +1100
> Skeeve Stevens <Skeeve at eintellego.net> wrote:
>>
>> - AINS started advertising Alumina's ranges into the routing table
>>   in a bid to disrupt their multi-homed connectivity
> 
> I doubt we should treat this last action as special because it is
> occurring on the Internet. It sounds an awful lot like blackmail or
> industrial sabotage, and I'm sure there are laws against that,
> regardless of the mechanisms used.

If they're also capturing data intended for Alumina, would that
qualify as industrial espionage or data interception?


Regards,
Ben