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“processed_title”: “Internet Outage in Venezuela Caused by Critical BGP Routing Anomaly”,
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Cloudflare security researchers have published a detailed analysis regarding a recent BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) anomaly that significantly impacted internet traffic in Venezuela. The incident, attributed to the state-owned ISP CANTV, involved a route leak that saw the provider erroneously announcing global internet prefixes to its peers. This misconfiguration created a “black hole” effect, where inbound traffic intended for Venezuelan users was accepted but subsequently dropped, rendering major services inaccessible.
The analysis highlights the fragility of the internet’s routing infrastructure, which relies heavily on trust between autonomous systems. While such leaks are often accidental, they can serve as a vector for cyber espionage or Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks if malicious intent is involved. Cloudflare notes that this event serves as a stark reminder of the necessity for widespread RPKI (Resource Public Key Infrastructure) adoption, a cryptographic method designed to validate route origins and prevent unauthorized announcements.
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“tags”: “cybersecurity, bgp, networking, venezuela, cloudflare, infrastructure”
}
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