The Spamhaus Project<p>👏 Big shout out to Marco Schmidt and Rene Wilhelm of RIPE NCC for their insightful article on the concerning trend of IPv6 stockpiling, a phenomenon Spamhaus has observed for some time.</p><p>Schmidt highlights, "Lastly, we should also consider that such blocks might attract actors who prefer to operate discreetly.For instance, they may intend to use these IPv6 blocks for spamming or other malicious actions. [..] As a regional Internet registry, we are accountable to competent authorities and governments, which places upon us the responsibility to ensure that the resources we steward are not misused or abused."</p><p>Although it's great to see RIPE NCC acknowledging this issue, it will be interesting to see what steps will be taken to address the problem of rampant misuse/abuse of network resources in the RIPE region.</p><p>You can read the article in full here ⬇ <br><a href="https://labs.ripe.net/author/marco_schmidt/ipv6-stockpiling-a-trojan-horse-in-our-midst/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">labs.ripe.net/author/marco_sch</span><span class="invisible">midt/ipv6-stockpiling-a-trojan-horse-in-our-midst/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/RIPE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RIPE</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NetworkAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetworkAbuse</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/IPv6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPv6</span></a></p>