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Dan Goodin's How 3ve’s BGP hijackers eluded the Internet—and made $29M describes a highly sophisticated click-fraud scheme:
"In one of the most sophisticated uses of BGP hijacking yet, criminals used the technique to generate $29 million in fraudulent ad revenue, in part by taking control of IP addresses belonging to the US Air Force and other reputable organizations.
In all, "3ve," as researchers dubbed the ad fraud gang, used BGP attacks to hijack more than 1.5 million IP addresses over a 12-month span beginning in April 2017. The hijacking was notable for the precision and sophistication of the attackers, who clearly had experience with BGP—and a huge amount of patience."
Dec 22, 2018, 6:35:24 PM
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