SanDisk Corporation — 2 prefixes (MA-L)
Summary
- // what this is
- SanDisk is registered to MAC prefix
00:1B:44and 1 more in the IEEE OUI database. When a device's MAC address begins with00:1B:44, that block was registered by SanDisk — the OUI identifies the maker of the network hardware, which is not always the brand on the device. - // analyst note
- Two confirmed MA-L blocks plus sourced product/security context clear the substance bar for a vendor entry (not a bare single-OUI shell). Company-status and website claims are Likely-tier (inferred), not directly source-confirmed this pass.
About this vendor.
SanDisk Corporation holds two separate MA-L (24-bit) OUI assignments in the cached IEEE registry — 00:1B:44, registered to 601 McCarthy Boulevard, Milpitas, CA, and 00:1E:82, registered to 630 Alder Drive, Milpitas, CA — both under the identical organization name "SanDisk Corporation." No matching MA-M (28-bit) or MA-S (36-bit) entries were found, so SanDisk's device MACs in these registries are limited to the two 24-bit blocks above. Beyond the bare registration, third-party device-support discussion ties SanDisk's OUI space to a concrete hardware line: the SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick and Wireless Media Drive, battery-powered Wi-Fi storage devices with an onboard access point — a plausible source for MAC addresses drawn from these prefixes. Independent security-researcher writeups (a credential-recovery guide and a published Hak5 Bash Bunny exfiltration payload) describe the Wireless Stick shipping with telnet enabled and no file-level access control on recent firmware, which is useful context for anyone doing asset or risk classification against these two prefixes. Two distinct MA-L assignments plus identifiable, sourced product context clear the bar for a substantive vendor entry rather than a bare single-OUI shell.
- IEEE assignments
- 00:1B:44 → SanDisk Corporation, 601 McCarthy Boulevard, Milpitas CA 95035, US; 00:1E:82 → SanDisk Corporation, 630 Alder Drive, Milpitas CA 95035, US [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry, the IEEE MA-L registry
- Registry / block count
- 2× MA-L (24-bit) assignments to "SanDisk Corporation"; no MA-M or MA-S matches found for SanDisk in the cached registries [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry; the IEEE MA-M registry; the IEEE MA-S registry
- Registration date
- Unknown / not applicable — IEEE's public MA-L data (the IEEE MA-L registry columns: Registry, Assignment, Organization Name, Organization Address) contains no date field; no registration date is attributed to IEEE for either block [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry
- HQ / country
- Milpitas, CA, US — two distinct registry street addresses, same city, for the two blocks [Confirmed] — IEEE MA-L
- Company status
- Likely active — the SanDisk-branded community forum (Wireless Memory / Connect Wireless Stick board) is live [Likely] — https://forums.sandisk.com/c/wireless-memory/sandisk-connect-wireless-stick/195
- Device types
- Wi-Fi-enabled wireless storage — SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick, SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive [Likely] — https://forums.sandisk.com/c/wireless-memory/sandisk-connect-wireless-stick/195, https://dev.to/wincentbalin/credentials-for-sandisk-connect-wireless-stick-33hf
- Security context
- Wireless Stick ships with telnet enabled on recent firmware and Wi-Fi-only access control (no file-level security); a public Hak5 Bash Bunny exfiltration payload targets it. Product-specific finding, not confirmed OUI-block-wide. [Likely] — https://dev.to/wincentbalin/credentials-for-sandisk-connect-wireless-stick-33hf, https://github.com/hak5/bashbunny-payloads/commit/5d4367787f231680133e11cc7000ea4c67ffc92e, https://payloadhub.com/blogs/payloads/sandisk-wireless-stick-exfiltration
- Related vendor
- Western Digital — SanDisk wireless-drive products are documented on a wd.com support domain, suggesting a support/ownership relationship not independently confirmed in this pass [Likely] — https://support-in.wd.com/app/answers/detailweb/a_id/42738/~/wireless-flash-drive:-wifi-connection-drop
- Website
- https://www.sandisk.com — inferred from the forums.sandisk.com subdomain; not independently fetched this pass [Likely] — https://forums.sandisk.com/c/wireless-memory/sandisk-connect-wireless-stick/195
- Historic block
- None identified in this pass [Unknown] — no source found