From: "~BD~" <~BD~@nomail.afraid.org>

> David H. Lipman wrote:
>> From: "siljaline"<spam@uce.gov>
>>
>>> <http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=311763>
>>>
>>> <http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r265...hat-infected-4
>>> -m illion-PCs>
>>>
>>> Note: Mods at DSL Reports are rather Anal and don't allow for cross-posting of Wilders
>>> links.
>>> Pissed off ? Yes !!
>>>
>>> Silj
>>>
>>
>> I love this part...
>>
>> https://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/11/...ed-in-estonia/
>>
>> "Estonian authorities arrested six men, including Vladimir Tsastsin, 31, the owner of
>> several Internet companies that have been closely associated with the malware community
>> for many years. Tsastsin previously headed EstDomains Inc. a domain name registrar that
>> handled..."
>>
>> We all knew that EstDomains Inc was crooked to the core.
>
>
> Please clarify the *we* in your statement, Mr Lipman.
>
> If you *knew* the organisation was 'crooked to the core', did you report the fact to the
> appropriate authorities? If so, how long ago?
>
> If not, why not?
>
> Just wondering. Others reading here might be wondering too!

Normally I would NOT give you the time of day with an answer but I'll give you this
references...

HostExploit.Com, "Atrivo – Cyber Crime USA", Jart Armin, August 2008

"A further key factor for cyber crime is anonymity, the most important of these Atrivo
associations is, EstDomains (anonymous registrant), EstHost (anonymous hosting),
PrivacyProtect (anonymous registrant), LogicBoxes (hosting servers). "

HostExploit.Com, "EstDomains Active Domain List and Registrar Abuse", December, 15 2008

HostExploit.Com, "McColo - Cyber Crime USA", Edited by: Jart Armin, 2008 v2.0

"We reported on criminal influence at Estdomains and others and complete lack of due
diligence elsewhere including Xin Net, Beijing Innovative and others. These are in essence
self-policing companies, who in theory are supposed to keep criminals off their networks.
But when ICANN won't enforce its contracts with Registrars and criminals are throwing
money at Registrars, the choice is obvious. In the end it hurts the Internet user and
consumer. As consumers and users of the global network we are being marginalized. Just
this past week Knujon's Dr. Robert Bruen traveled to an ICANN meeting to speak on behalf
of us and the consumer but was told that his voice was unwanted. "

Getting back to Krebbs URL...

"Reporting for The Washington Post in September 2008, I detailed how Tsastsin’s prior
convictions in Estonia for credit card fraud, money laundering and forgery violated the
registrar agreement set forth by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN), which bars convicted felons from serving as officers of a registrar. ICANN later
agreed, and revoked EstDomains’ ability to act as a domain registrar, citing Tsastsin’s
criminal history."

I read those documents back in '08.

--
Dave
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