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21 March 2015

Google Adsense Spying


A sends:

GOOGLE ADSENSE SPYING
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Publishers of websites who participate in Google's Adsense monetisation
program should keep a close eye on visitor logs.

Several covert IP addresses are used by Google's policy compliance
investigators.

If you see any of these visiting your web pages, you are about to get a
nasty surprise. Your adverts are about to be disabled and possibly your
whole Adsense account suspended too.

At first look, IP range [213.155.151.232] thru [213.155.151.239] is
apparently TeliaSonera AB of Sweden. But in recent years, Google has
secretly acquired this block for covert spying. My contacts tell me that
this block is now based in Dublin, Ireland.

But they give the game away by also visiting the same web pages under
investigation in close sequence from well known Google Bot addresses
[66.249.*.*] at the same time. Just for good measure, Google's corporate IP
blocks get in on the act too. These include [216.239.44.0] thru
[216.239.45.255].


inetnum:        213.155.151.232 - 213.155.151.239
netname:        SE-TSIC
descr:          TeliaSonera International Carrier AB
org:            ORG-TA45-RIPE
country:        GB
admin-c:        EVAO
tech-c:         JS7984-RIPE
status:         ASSIGNED PA
mnt-by:         TELIANET-LIR
source:         RIPE # Filtered
organisation:   ORG-TA45-RIPE
org-name:       TeliaSonera AB
org-type:       LIR
address:        TeliaSonera AB
address:        Eva Ornberg
address:        Visitors
Marbackagatan 11
address:        123 86
address:        Farsta-Stockholm
address:        SWEDEN
phone:          +46890100
fax-no:         +4686047006
abuse-c:        AR13670-RIPE
mnt-ref:        TELIANET-LIR
mnt-ref:        RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-by:         RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
admin-c:        EVAO
admin-c:        LF237-RIPE
admin-c:        AS32219-RIPE
admin-c:        ACA-RIPE
admin-c:        IC106-RIPE
admin-c:        JS7984-RIPE
admin-c:        PB8229-RIPE
admin-c:        TR889-RIPE
admin-c:        RH343-RIPE
admin-c:        LS483-RIPE
admin-c:        PJ2540-RIPE
abuse-mailbox:  abuse@telia.com
source:         RIPE # Filtered
person:         Eva Ornberg
address:        123 86 FARSTA
address:        SWEDEN
address:        ********************************
address:        Abuse and intrusion reports should
address:        be sent to: abuse@telia.com
address:        ********************************
phone:          +46 8 90100
fax-no:         +46 8 6047006
nic-hdl:        EVAO
mnt-by:         TELIANET-LIR
source:         RIPE # Filtered
person:         Jessica Schenstrom
address:        123 86 FARSTA
address:        ********************************
address:        Abuse & intrusion reports should
address:        be sent to: abuse@telia.com
address:        ********************************
phone:          +46 8 90100
fax-no:         +46-8-6047006
nic-hdl:        JS7984-RIPE
mnt-by:         TELIANET-LIR
source:         RIPE # Filtered
route:          213.155.128.0/19
descr:          TELIANET-BLK
origin:         AS1299


Also look out for IP addresses in the range [83.70.152.112] thru
[83.70.152.119] visiting your website at the same time.

These belong to Arvato Finance Services. Never heard of them? They are the
"AFS" in that strange line appearing on your bank statement when a Google
Adsense payment check gets credited. "AFS RE GOOGLE".


inetnum:        83.70.152.112 - 83.70.152.119
netname:        ARVATOFINANCE
descr:          Eircom Customer Assignment
country:        IE
admin-c:        BM7861-RIPE
tech-c:         BM7861-RIPE
status:         ASSIGNED PA
mnt-by:         TE-MNT
remarks:        Please send spam and other abuse complaints to
abuse@eircom.net
source:         RIPE # Filtered
person:         Bill McMahon
address:        Gilde House
address:        Eastpoint Business Park
address:        fairview, Dublin 3
phone:          +353 1 7049407
mnt-by:         TE-MNT
nic-hdl:        BM7861-RIPE
source:         RIPE # Filtered
route:          83.70.0.0/15
descr:          eircom, Ireland
origin:         AS5466