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The Curious Case of 4.1 Million Misappropriated AFRINIC IPv4 Addresses

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Sep 08, 2023
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AFRINIC is the regional internet registry (RIR) for Africa. The second employee ever hired at AFRINIC way back in 2004 was directly responsible for the biggest IPv4 heist in history: 4.1 million IPv4 addresses. This is the story.

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