Mysterious snafu hijacks UK nuke maker’s traffic through Ukraine
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Coworker just forwarded that Ars Technica article. I haven't finished reading it yet, but thought you guys would find it interesting:
Strange snafu hijacks UK nuke maker’s traffic, routes it through Ukraine
Lockheed, banks, and helicopter designer also affected by border gateway mishap.
Internet traffic for 167 important British Telecom customers—including a UK defense contractor that helps deliver the country's nuclear warhead program—were mysteriously diverted to servers in Ukraine before being passed along to their final destination.
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This has happened before...
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And it happened before that....
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Haha! Those silly Brits, can't even secure there ow-
Oh.
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BGP implementation fuckup again?
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Mystery traffic redirection attack pulls net traffic through Belarus, Iceland
