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Article: RBN Gang Moves, Sets Up Shop in China; The notorious Russian gang has shut down its St. Petersburg IP addresses, moving to China and elsewhere to evade network IP blocks.
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- eWeek
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- November 8, 2007
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RBN Gang Moves, Sets Up Shop in ChinaThe notorious Russian Business Network has suddenly picked up from its St. Petersburg digs and diversified, spreading its unwholesome activity to new chunks of IP addresses, with RBN-like activity almost immediately appearing on newly registered blocks of Chinese and Taiwanese IP addresses, according to security company Trend Micro.
The Internet presence for the RBN--a Russian ISP that's infamous for hosting shady and criminal businesses--blinked off at about 7 p.m. PST on Nov. 6, security researchers at Trend Micro reported the following day.
The RBN's IP addresses can no longer be reached, since the routing for them no longer exists as of Nov. 8. In ...