Major tech companies' internet traffic redirected during "suspicious" event - GoFuckYourself.com

Rochard · 12-15-2017, 02:10 PM

Did anyone catch this story?

With so many people?s attention focused on the net neutrality vote, it was easy to miss an unusual, and suspicious, event that took place earlier this week. On December 12, traffic to some of the world?s largest tech companies was briefly rerouted through an ?unused? Russian ISP.

BGPMon, which monitors events on the Internet's Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), said Eighty prefixes associated with companies including Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitch, NTT Communications and Riot Games were affected. The autonomous Russian system added itself to entries in BGP tables, claiming it was the rightful origin of the prefixes.

Other automated Internet routing systems proceeded to pass data to the Russian ISP Origin AS 39523, believing it to be associated with the targeted companies, while ISPs including PJSC MegaFon, Hurricane Electric, Zayo, Nordunet, and Telstra picked up the new route.

Here is the full article: https://www.techspot.com/news/72331-...gh-russia.html

Thoughts?

notinmybackyard · 12-15-2017, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Rochard

Did anyone catch this story?

With so many people?s attention focused on the net neutrality vote, it was easy to miss an unusual, and suspicious, event that took place earlier this week. On December 12, traffic to some of the world?s largest tech companies was briefly rerouted through an ?unused? Russian ISP.

BGPMon, which monitors events on the Internet's Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), said Eighty prefixes associated with companies including Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitch, NTT Communications and Riot Games were affected. The autonomous Russian system added itself to entries in BGP tables, claiming it was the rightful origin of the prefixes.

Other automated Internet routing systems proceeded to pass data to the Russian ISP Origin AS 39523, believing it to be associated with the targeted companies, while ISPs including PJSC MegaFon, Hurricane Electric, Zayo, Nordunet, and Telstra picked up the new route.

Here is the full article: https://www.techspot.com/news/72331-...gh-russia.html

Thoughts?

Blaming Trump in 3.. 2... 1....

Rochard · 12-15-2017, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by notinmybackyard

Blaming Trump in 3.. 2... 1....

I'm not blaming tRUMP at all. The Russians are behind this.

BaldBastard · 12-15-2017, 03:47 PM

Kim Jong Il anniversary on 17 December big celebrations planned...

notinmybackyard · 12-16-2017, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Rochard

I'm not blaming tRUMP at all. The Russians are behind this.

Trump... Russia..

I'm sure someone will eventually get around to it. After all it's not like anyone under 70 is capable of thinking for themselves.

12-15-2017, 02:10 PM	#1
Rochard Jägermeister Test Pilot Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: NORCAL Posts: 72,785	Major tech companies' internet traffic redirected during "suspicious" event Did anyone catch this story? With so many people?s attention focused on the net neutrality vote, it was easy to miss an unusual, and suspicious, event that took place earlier this week. On December 12, traffic to some of the world?s largest tech companies was briefly rerouted through an ?unused? Russian ISP. BGPMon, which monitors events on the Internet's Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), said Eighty prefixes associated with companies including Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitch, NTT Communications and Riot Games were affected. The autonomous Russian system added itself to entries in BGP tables, claiming it was the rightful origin of the prefixes. Other automated Internet routing systems proceeded to pass data to the Russian ISP Origin AS 39523, believing it to be associated with the targeted companies, while ISPs including PJSC MegaFon, Hurricane Electric, Zayo, Nordunet, and Telstra picked up the new route. Here is the full article: https://www.techspot.com/news/72331-...gh-russia.html Thoughts? __________________ “The choice is no longer between right or left. The choice is between normal and crazy.” - Sarah Huckabee Sanders YNOT MAIL \| THE BEST ADULT MAILING SOLUTION

12-15-2017, 03:47 PM	#4
BaldBastard Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Sydney Posts: 15,864	Kim Jong Il anniversary on 17 December big celebrations planned...