Latest BGP HIjacking news

All Dutch govt networks to use RPKI to prevent BGP hijacking

The Dutch government will adopt the RPKI (Resource Public Key Infrastructure) standard on all its systems before the end of 2024 to upgrade the security of its internet routing.
- Bill Toulas
- April 09, 2023
- 11:21 AM
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Comcast now blocks BGP hijacking attacks and route leaks with RPKI

Comcast, one of America's largest broadband providers, has now deployed RPKI on its network to defend against BGP route hijacks and leaks. Left unchecked, a BGP route hijack or leak can cause a drastic surge in internet traffic that now gets misdirected or stuck, leading to global congestion and a Denial of Service (DoS).
- Ax Sharma
- May 20, 2021
- 03:16 PM
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IBM Cloud global outage caused by "incorrect" BGP routing

On June 9th, 2020, IBM Cloud data centers suffered a global outage that caused connectivity issues for many of the web sites and platforms utilizing the service, including BleepingComputer.
- Ax Sharma
- June 11, 2020
- 11:19 AM
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China Routed Traffic from European Carriers for Two Hours

Mobile internet traffic from multiple carriers in Europe took an unintended turn through China Telecom for over two hours on June 6 because of a route leak incident.
- Ionut Ilascu
- June 08, 2019
- 12:03 PM
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U.S. Payment Processing Services Targeted by BGP Hijacking Attacks

According to a new report, three United States payment processing service providers were targeted by BGP hijacking attacks on their DNS servers. These Internet routing attacks were designed to redirect traffic directed at the payment processors to servers controlled by malicious actors who would then attempt to steal the data.
- Lawrence Abrams
- August 06, 2018
- 03:01 AM
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DNS Poisoning or BGP Hijacking Suspected Behind Trezor Wallet Phishing Incident

The team behind the Trezor multi-cryptocurrency wallet service has discovered a phishing attack against some of its users that took place over the weekend.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 01, 2018
- 06:14 PM
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New NIST and DHS Standards Get Ready to Tackle BGP Hijacks

Two US government agencies have united forces to coordinate the creation of a new set of standards aimed at securing the process of routing of information between major Internet entities, such as Internet Service Providers, hosting providers, cloud providers, educational, research, and national networks.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- October 09, 2017
- 03:37 PM
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All Dutch govt networks to use RPKI to prevent BGP hijacking

Comcast now blocks BGP hijacking attacks and route leaks with RPKI

IBM Cloud global outage caused by "incorrect" BGP routing

China Routed Traffic from European Carriers for Two Hours

U.S. Payment Processing Services Targeted by BGP Hijacking Attacks

DNS Poisoning or BGP Hijacking Suspected Behind Trezor Wallet Phishing Incident

New NIST and DHS Standards Get Ready to Tackle BGP Hijacks