Vodafone India behind BGP hijack that briefly affected several global networks
2 hours ago Incorrect Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) announcements by Vodafone India’s network had ripple effects on the global internet over the weekend, with many networks facing downtime as their internet traffic suddenly started getting routed through Vodafone’s network, according to reports over the weekend by the Internet Society, Bleeping Computer, and network researcher Anurag Bhatia. The incident, first spotted by Doug Madory, lasted for a few minutes starting from 7:15pm IST on April 17; while Vodafone itself fixed the routes, within minutes, “some announcements were still maki...
Source: medianama.com