https://www.zdnet.com/article/china-has-been-hijacking-the-vital-internet-backbone-of-western-countries/
> Chinese government turned to local ISP for intelligence gathering after it > signed the Obama-Xi cyber pact in late 2015, researchers say. > A Chinese state-owned telecommunications company has been "hijacking the > vital internet backbone of western countries," according to an academic paper > published this week by researchers from the US Naval War College and Tel Aviv > University. > The culprit is China Telecom, the country's third-largest telco and internet > service provider (ISP), which has had a presence inside North American > networks since the early 2000s when it created its first point-of-presence > (PoP). > Traffic travels between these AS networks with the help of the Border Gateway > Protocol (BGP). This protocol was created in the early 80s and does not > feature any security controls, allowing anyone to announce a bad BGP route > and receive traffic that was not intended for their network. > In a research paper published this week, researchers reveal that China > Telecom has been one of the internet's most determined BGP hijackers around. -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:[email protected] aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
