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‘It’s the biggest thing in the history of the internet’: Pentagon quietly transfers 175 million internet addresses worth $4BILLION to mysterious firm at shared workspace in Florida

It also hopes to ‘identify potential vulnerabilities’ as part of efforts to defend against cyber-intrusions by global adversaries, who are consistently infiltrating U.S. Networks, sometimes operating from unused internet address blocks.

The statement did not specify whether the ‘pilot project’ would involve outside contractors.

The Pentagon periodically contends with unauthorized squatting on its space, in part because there has been a shortage of first-generation internet addresses since 2011; they now sell at auction for upwards of $25 each.

Madory said advertising the address space will make it easier to chase off squatters and allow the U.S. Military to ‘collect a massive amount of background internet traffic for threat intelligence.’

Some cybersecurity experts have speculated that the Pentagon may be using the newly advertised space to create ‘honeypots,’ machines set up with vulnerabilities to draw hackers.

Or it could be looking to set up dedicated infrastructure – software and servers – to scour traffic for suspect activity.

‘This greatly increases the space they could monitor,’ said Madory, who published a blog post on the matter Saturday.

What a Pentagon spokesman could not explain Saturday is why the Defense Department chose Global Resource Systems LLC, a company with no record of government contracts, to manage the address space.

An Airman is seen checking military network equipment in a file photo. The Pentagon created the internet, and still owns a huge chunk of Internet Protocol addresses

‘As to why the DoD would have done that I´m a little mystified, same as you,’ said Paul Vixie, an internet pioneer credited with designing its naming system and the CEO of Farsight Security.

The company did not return phone calls or emails from reporters. It has no web presence, though it has the domain grscorp.Com.

Its name doesn’t appear on the directory of its Plantation, Florida, domicile, and a receptionist drew a blank when an AP reporter asked for a company representative at the office earlier this month.

It also hopes to ‘identify potential vulnerabilities’ as part of efforts to defend against cyber-intrusions by global adversaries, who are consistently infiltrating U.S. Networks, sometimes operating from unused internet address blocks.

The statement did not specify whether the ‘pilot project’ would involve outside contractors.

The Pentagon periodically contends with unauthorized squatting on its space, in part because there has been a shortage of first-generation internet addresses since 2011; they now sell at auction for upwards of $25 each.

Madory said advertising the address space will make it easier to chase off squatters and allow the U.S. Military to ‘collect a massive amount of background internet traffic for threat intelligence.’

Some cybersecurity experts have speculated that the Pentagon may be using the newly advertised space to create ‘honeypots,’ machines set up with vulnerabilities to draw hackers.

Or it could be looking to set up dedicated infrastructure – software and servers – to scour traffic for suspect activity.

‘This greatly increases the space they could monitor,’ said Madory, who published a blog post on the matter Saturday.

What a Pentagon spokesman could not explain Saturday is why the Defense Department chose Global Resource Systems LLC, a company with no record of government contracts, to manage the address space.

An Airman is seen checking military network equipment in a file photo. The Pentagon created the internet, and still owns a huge chunk of Internet Protocol addresses

‘As to why the DoD would have done that I´m a little mystified, same as you,’ said Paul Vixie, an internet pioneer credited with designing its naming system and the CEO of Farsight Security.

The company did not return phone calls or emails from reporters. It has no web presence, though it has the domain grscorp.Com.

Its name doesn’t appear on the directory of its Plantation, Florida, domicile, and a receptionist drew a blank when an AP reporter asked for a company representative at the office earlier this month.

It also hopes to ‘identify potential vulnerabilities’ as part of efforts to defend against cyber-intrusions by global adversaries, who are consistently infiltrating U.S. Networks, sometimes operating from unused internet address blocks.

The statement did not specify whether the ‘pilot project’ would involve outside contractors.

The Pentagon periodically contends with unauthorized squatting on its space, in part because there has been a shortage of first-generation internet addresses since 2011; they now sell at auction for upwards of $25 each.

Madory said advertising the address space will make it easier to chase off squatters and allow the U.S. Military to ‘collect a massive amount of background internet traffic for threat intelligence.’

Some cybersecurity experts have speculated that the Pentagon may be using the newly advertised space to create ‘honeypots,’ machines set up with vulnerabilities to draw hackers.

Or it could be looking to set up dedicated infrastructure – software and servers – to scour traffic for suspect activity.

‘This greatly increases the space they could monitor,’ said Madory, who published a blog post on the matter Saturday.

What a Pentagon spokesman could not explain Saturday is why the Defense Department chose Global Resource Systems LLC, a company with no record of government contracts, to manage the address space.

An Airman is seen checking military network equipment in a file photo. The Pentagon created the internet, and still owns a huge chunk of Internet Protocol addresses

‘As to why the DoD would have done that I´m a little mystified, same as you,’ said Paul Vixie, an internet pioneer credited with designing its naming system and the CEO of Farsight Security.

The company did not return phone calls or emails from reporters. It has no web presence, though it has the domain grscorp.Com.

Its name doesn’t appear on the directory of its Plantation, Florida, domicile, and a receptionist drew a blank when an AP reporter asked for a company representative at the office earlier this month.