Hijacking huge chunks of the internet - a new How To
Dan Goodin writes, "The attack is able to arbitrarily re-direct traffic by exploiting the implicit trust placed in BGP routers. Anyone with access to a BGP router can intercept data sent to one or more target IP addresses. Attackers can simply drop the packets as Pakistan did earlier this year when it blocked worldwide access to YouTube. Or the attackers could monitor or even alter the traffic before sending it along to its intended destination."
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