In another BGP hijack, Google traffic was rerouted yesterday through Russia and China. This included Google Cloud, YouTube, and other services.
Specifically, network connectivity to Google was instead routed through TransTelekom in Russia (
mskn17ra-lo1.transtelecom.net), and into a China Telecom gateway (ChinaTelecom-gw.transtelecom.net) that black-holed the packets. Both hostnames have since stopped resolving to IP addresses.
Hijack me once, shame on you. Hijack me twice, shame on me.
Check It Out: Google Traffic Was Hijacked, Routed Through Russia, China
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