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Apple Engineering staves off attempted network route hijack

Apple Engineering staves off attempted network route hijack

Russian telco Rostelecom tried redirecting traffic through its network.
Juha Saarinen Jul 29 2022 12:05PM Networking
Routing security falling short in Australian, New Zealand networks

Routing security falling short in Australian, New Zealand networks

Networks expose users to hijack.
Richard Chirgwin Jun 29 2022 11:55AM Security
Cloudflare black-holed its own traffic for an hour

Cloudflare black-holed its own traffic for an hour

BGP slip took 19 data centres offline.
Richard Chirgwin Jun 22 2022 7:56AM Telco/ISP
APNIC moves to block BGP fat-thumb outages

APNIC moves to block BGP fat-thumb outages

Making the Internet more stable.
Richard Chirgwin Apr 12 2022 12:28PM Security
Russian network 'hijacked' Twitter traffic

Russian network 'hijacked' Twitter traffic

BGP insecurity on display again.
Richard Chirgwin Mar 29 2022 12:25PM Security
Maintenance error caused Facebook's six-hour outage

Maintenance error caused Facebook's six-hour outage

Undisclosed command triggered meltdown.
Sheila Dang Oct 6 2021 7:01AM Networking
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp reconnecting after nearly six-hour outage

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp reconnecting after nearly six-hour outage

Still not 100 percent back online.
Subrat Patnaik, Eva Mathews and Sheila Dang Oct 5 2021 11:34AM Networking
All Facebook sites and services vanish from the Internet

All Facebook sites and services vanish from the Internet

Routes to social network disappear.
Juha Saarinen Oct 5 2021 6:30AM Networking
Akamai routing error caused widespread outages

Akamai routing error caused widespread outages

Around 500 customers affected.
Juha Saarinen Jun 18 2021 8:59AM Networking
Pentagon surfaces giant netblock for recon and anti IP squatting

Pentagon surfaces giant netblock for recon and anti IP squatting

Largest IPv4 autonomous system in internet history.
Juha Saarinen Apr 26 2021 11:18AM Networking
Testing mistake triggered Telstra route 'hijacks'

Testing mistake triggered Telstra route 'hijacks'

Routing mishaps difficult to prevent.
Juha Saarinen Oct 5 2020 7:33AM Networking
Telstra routing flub affects hundreds of networks worldwide

Telstra routing flub affects hundreds of networks worldwide

Accusations of BGP hijacking fly.
Juha Saarinen Sep 30 2020 9:33AM Networking
Internet Society and Oracle release free route filtering checking tool

Internet Society and Oracle release free route filtering checking tool

IXP Filter Check defends against rooted routing.
Juha Saarinen Oct 24 2019 1:00PM Networking
BGP Optimisers seem a good idea until they bring down the internet

BGP Optimisers seem a good idea until they bring down the internet

How to avoid getting your routes rooted.
Juha Saarinen Sep 18 2019 12:40PM Security
Route leak causes internet problems worldwide

Route leak causes internet problems worldwide

Cloudflare, AWS, Google network routes among those impacted.
Ry Crozier Jun 24 2019 10:46PM Networking
Route leak sends Google Cloud traffic to Russia

Route leak sends Google Cloud traffic to Russia

"Hijack" caused by Nigerian ISP.
Juha Saarinen Nov 13 2018 11:22AM Security
China systematically hijacks internet traffic: researchers

China systematically hijacks internet traffic: researchers

Exploited omission in US-China cyber detente agreement.
Juha Saarinen Oct 26 2018 11:58AM Telco/ISP
Vocus network outage downs internet, voice services

Vocus network outage downs internet, voice services

BGP bungle in Brisbane.
Allie Coyne Aug 1 2016 11:03AM Telco/ISP
Know where your traffic actually goes

Know where your traffic actually goes

[Blog post] Plan on dealing with BGP hijacks.
Juha Saarinen Aug 4 2015 2:30PM Security
Route leak cuts access to Amazon Web Services

Route leak cuts access to Amazon Web Services

BGP bungle downs big-name clients.
Juha Saarinen Jul 2 2015 5:35AM Networking

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