Sure it was a "snafu". https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/11/strange-snafu-misroutes-domestic-us-internet-traffic-through-china-telecom/
> China Telecom, the large international communications carrier with close ties > to the Chinese government, misdirected big chunks of Internet traffic through > a roundabout path that threatened the security and integrity of data passing > between various providers’ backbones for two and a half years, a security > expert said Monday. It remained unclear if the highly circuitous paths were > intentional hijackings of the Internet’s Border Gateway Protocol or were > caused by accidental mishandling. -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:[email protected] aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
