Although...
Which is why a group of researchers from Europe and America reckon they've created a framework that would let service providers neutralize a BGP hijack in minutes.
It then goes on to state as little as 5 seconds, maybe 60 seconds etc. The more important point is did the relevant agency of the country concerned get access to the data they required in this time interval or not? Let's face it, the accidental traffic diversion involving Russian and Chinese companies has intelligence gathering written all over it in which case this may not help that much at all.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
