A lot has been written in recent days since we have posted the blog on the 18 minute traffic redirection issue earlier this week and the U.S. – China Economic and Security Review Commission report came out discussing it. Unfortunately, some media did get a few points wrong that I would like to address:
1. There is absoƖute no proof that this was an intentional attack. Routing hijacks happen fairly frequently and most of them are accidental nature. We believe they do demonstrate a frightening lack of security in the fundamental building blocks on the Internet and that the security and the routing communities need to take steps to address those vulnerabilities — and soon.
More: http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/april-route-hijack-sifting-through-the-confusion-2
1. There is absoƖute no proof that this was an intentional attack. Routing hijacks happen fairly frequently and most of them are accidental nature. We believe they do demonstrate a frightening lack of security in the fundamental building blocks on the Internet and that the security and the routing communities need to take steps to address those vulnerabilities — and soon.
More: http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/april-route-hijack-sifting-through-the-confusion-2