Academy of Internet Research LLC (AS400161) has been added to the ASN watchlist.
AS400161 is the autonomous system that originates the scanning traffic from “security researchers” that state on their website they “wish to make internet free, safe and accessible to all.”
Strangely these guys can’t seem to get their own name right and use the following known aliases:
- Academy of Internet Research Limited Liability Company
- Academy for Internet Research LLC
- Department of Internet Services
The Hawaii Business Registration Division, Department of Commerce & Consumer Affairs (similar to the Secretary of State in other US states) has no company record on file for any of those names.
Emails to tech@academyforinternetresearch.org have gone unanswered. Phone calls to 1-833-439-0956 immediately disconnect after a brief busy signal. A Whois Inaccuracy Report has been filed with ARIN.
AS400161 originates two prefixes:
- 104.156.155.0/24
- 195.96.137.0/24
The majority of their scanning activity comes from the 104.156.155.0/24 netblock. Drop all traffic and do not route any source IP addresses in these ranges.
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