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IIRC the only commonly access service hosted in that IP block is their DNS servers. There are easier ways to hijack DNS traffic than trying to hijack the entire
by Laforet 11y ago
IIRC the only commonly access service hosted in that IP block is their DNS servers. There are easier ways to hijack DNS traffic than trying to hijack the entire prefix via BGP.
A casual browse through the other entries seems to suggest that people mess up BGP announcements all the time. My favourite one below involves the AS belonging to S & S Discount Market Pvt Ltd.
https://bgpstream.com/event/18050 https://bgpstream.com/event/18050
Edit: It has happened previously
http://www.bgpmon.net/googles-services-redirected-to-romania-and-austria/ http://www.bgpmon.net/googles-services-redirected-to-romania...
- nmjohn 11y ago> A casual browse through the other entries seems to suggest that people mess up BGP announcements all the time. While true, incorrect bgp announcements happen all the time, I think this is one of the cases that Hanlon's Razor probably does not apply: most of the time they are not a result of people messing up - rather the bad announcements come from spammers/malware spreaders needing new IP space because their current (likely hijacked) IP space has gotten blacklisted and is no longer effective.
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