AS22558 - Routing apparently hijacked space

Wed Oct 13 17:19:45 UTC 2010

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