orange (Slashdot user #12,033) writes:

In a series of articles, a security researcher along with an investigative journalist have laid bare shenanigans involving millions of dollars of scarce IPv4 address space. In the latest developments, it seems a police case has been opened in Mauritius, the island headquartering afrinic.net — the IP address registry for the African region.

Here’s previous coverage at MyBroadband.co.za, with the Register giving its own take.

Is this what we can expect in light of global IPv4 depletion?

It’s believed that the blocks of IP addresses — valued at over $54.7 million — were stolen with the help of an AFRINIC insider.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Source: Slashdot – Police Charges Filed in African Heist Case Involving IPv4 Addresses