WillyOnWheels
Joined 9 years ago
Joined 9 years ago
This happens every few months, and not always by Russian ISPs. This would never happen if all upstream providers had proper filters on accepting BGP requests.
It really means the current system of using BGP is not resilient, and never has been.
Look up bgp hijack nanog
Perhaps Uber will face the same penalty.
Blaming the Venezuelan government and left wing groups for all of the recent violence is too general. In this case there really is blame on both sides.
I was recently reading https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/07/venezuela-maduro-helicopt... , which condemns the Maduro government, wealthy right wing Venezuelans, and outside corporations who really wish Maduro would hurry up and leave so they can start trading in Venezuelans mineral and fossil fuel wealth.
The Conservative papers are totally trying to glue, at least in the minds of UK voters, Venezuela to Corbyn! I remember headlines like 'Corbyn's future plan for the UK: VENEZUELA'