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Want to Rent an Internet Address at the White House?

Hacker News | Nov 5, 2026 | zdw

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Several staffers at the White House are using computers or mobile devices equipped with residential proxy services that render their internet address available for others to rent, security experts warned today. The security firm Layer3 Intel said it detected multiple residential proxy nodes beaconing out from the internet address network reserved for the Executive Office of the President (AS2650). Synthient’s depiction of the frequency of outgoing proxy traffic from the dedicated White House network (AS2650).

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