The comments shed some light on what exactly caused this[1]: > Yes, as part of our investigation we did reach out and it sounds like it was related to a route

The comments shed some light on what exactly caused this[1]: > Yes, as part of our investigation we did reach out and it sounds like it was related to a route optimizer. [1]: http://www.bgpmon.net/large-hijack-affects-reachability-of-high-traffic-destinations/comment-page-1/#comment-462074 http://www.bgpmon.net/large-hijack-affects-reachability-of-h...