A Chinese ISP momentarily hijacks the Internet

08.04.2010

Two weeks ago a bad BGP route from China leaked out and redirected some Chilean Internet traffic to a root DNS (Domain Name System) server in China. And two years ago, bad BGP routing information from Pakistan caused YouTube to .

Speaking about Thursday's incident, OpenDNS CEO David Ulevitch said, "It's not clear whether it's deliberate, but it's serious."

"These things highlight just how fragile BGP is," he added.