This just came into my email today. This is nuts. I didn't know this thing happens. Good to have Firewall.

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Wow, I knew printers had anti-counterfeiting stuff in them, but I never knew that a network printer might send packets directly to an FBI site. A later poster points out that ifccfbi.gov is the Internet Fraud Complaint Center.

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From: **********************
To: *********************
Subject: My HP printer talking to the FBI?
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 13:51:53 -0700 (PDT)


This is going to sound strange, but does your printer call the FBI?

I was looking through my firewall logs and found this gem:

Oct 17 03:43:33 btw /kernel: Oct 17 03:41:34 btw /kernel:
ipfw: 7800 Unreach TCP 12.1.224.109:80 206.129.5.146:1115
in via xl1

206.129.5.146 is my HP printer. 12.1.224.109 is:

Name: origin.ifccfbi.gov
Address: 12.1.224.109
Aliases: 109.224.1.12.in-addr.arpa

 

Hope you ran off some big bills. You'll need them for a lawyer, since big brother is watching YOU. . . . or are you watching him? This spy stuff gets confusing.

 

Sounded like phony baloney to me...then I tried the URL...


http://www1.ifccfbi.gov/index.asp

Sure enough! Interesting...!

 

12.1.224.109 leads to some place called National White Collar Crime Center in West Virginia.

Initiative:

Having no investigative authority of its own, the National White Collar Crime Center is a non-profit organization funded by Congress that provides support services to state and local law enforcement agencies and other organizations with an active interest in the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of economic and high-tech crime. Since 1980, our organization has existed to support enforcement agencies in these endeavors.
The NW3C's actions and projects are guided by our member resource and support needs. In addition, we serve as an effective gateway to state and local agencies, as well as some private-sector groups, for other entities and model projects, including:

National Fraud Complaint Management Center (NFCMC)
>Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC)

Research on white collar crime

Training for enforcement agencies involved in the prevention,
investigation, and prosecution of economic and high-tech crime


Coalition for the Prevention of Economic Crime


And this is their vision:

The NW3C provides a nationwide support network for enforcement agencies involved in the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of economic and high-tech crime.
Through our experience in fulfilling this mission, we have realized that this concept frequently translates into providing support services to maximize their collective impact. We value diverse agency involvement, public and private partnerships, as well as regional cooperation. Our facilitative structure brings together the right mix of resources to meet the law enforcement challenges our members face in the 21st century.


So I guess I shouldn't try to make a fake ID on my computer.

 

Of course it does,
every time I log on to the internet, My HP printer copier scanner warms up, hmmm wonder why

I guess this is why I had to re-install windows 3 times to make the HP work.

Just as this is being monitored now

axcilla

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by axcilla
[B]Of course it does,
every time I log on to the internet, My HP printer copier scanner warms up, hmmm wonder why

I guess this is why I had to re-install windows 3 times to make the HP work.

Just as this is being monitored now

 

I wonder what does the printer send out. Really strange.

 

We need JRM on this right away. I think he works for the FBI or at the least is in law enforcement.

Greg - the link you provided doesn't work for me.

 

Ok let me try this.

Visual Trace for IP.
Target: origin.ifccfbi.gov
Date: 10/25/2001 (Thursday), 8:18:11 PM
Nodes: 12

Node Data
Node Net Reg IP Address Location Node Name
1 - - 10.70.19.168 29.370N, 100.895W dpc000
2 1 - 216.19.138.3 Unknown
3 2 - 216.32.95.201 Unknown
4 2 1 216.33.203.153 38.917N, 77.392W dcr03-p0-3.hrnd01.exodus.net
5 2 1 216.33.203.94 38.917N, 77.392W bbr02-g3-0.hrnd01.exodus.net
6 2 1 216.32.132.53 Unknown bbr01-p1-0.stng01.exodus.net
7 2 1 216.33.96.150 Unknown ibr01-g6-0.stng01.exodus.net
8 2 - 216.32.173.186 Unknown
9 3 2 12.123.9.54 WASHINGTON D.C. gbr4-p50.wswdc.ip.att.net
10 3 2 12.122.2.86 Unknown gbr2-p20.phlpa.ip.att.net
11 3 2 12.123.205.145 Unknown ar2-p3110.pitpa.ip.att.net
12 - 3 0.0.0.0 40.397N, 74.115W origin.ifccfbi.gov

Packet Data
Node High Low Avg Tot Lost
1 0 0 0 1 0
2 979 979 979 1 0
3 867 867 867 1 0
4 907 907 907 1 0
5 876 876 876 1 0
6 1558 1558 1558 1 0
7 1111 1111 1111 1 0
8 848 848 848 1 0
9 888 888 888 1 0
10 883 883 883 1 0
11 2346 2346 2346 1 0
12 ---- ---- ---- 2 2

Network Data
Network id#: 1
Exodus Communications Inc. Herdon (DC1) (NETBLK-EC08-1)
2831 Mission College Blvd.

Santa Clara, CA 95112

US

Network id#: 2
Exodus Commnications Inc. (NETBLK-ECI-7)
1605 Wyatt Dr. Santa Clara, CA
95054US

Network id#: 3
AT&T ITS (NET-ATT)
200 Laurel Avenue South
Middletown, NJ 07748
US

Registrant Data
Registrant id#: 1
Registrant:
Exodus Communications (EXODUS2-DOM)
2831 Mission College Blvd
Santa Clara, CA 95054
US

Registrant id#: 2
Registrant:
AT&T Corp. (ATT2-DOM)
55 Corporate Drive
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
US

Registrant id#: 3
See Registrant Pane for registrant contact information.
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This is where the address pinged to! I'll run the other on and see.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by tokyo_james
[B]

Hey do you think the FBI will pick up this thread if we type....

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