---
id: 4248
title: "In the News: A BGP Hijacking Technical Post-Mortem"
source_domain: bishopfox.com
source_url: "https://bishopfox.com/blog/bgp-hijacking-technical-post-mortem"
published_at: "2017-01-18T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["network-security", "bgp-hijacking", "routing", "censorship", "iran", "post-mortem"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/4248"
lang: en
---

# In the News: A BGP Hijacking Technical Post-Mortem

## Summary

Technical post-mortem of the January 2017 BGP hijack by Iran's TIC, which censored 99.192.226.0/24 and leaked globally; BGPlay visualizations show how the bogus routes spread and were countered.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bishopfox.com
- **Published:** 2017-01-18T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://bishopfox.com/blog/bgp-hijacking-technical-post-mortem
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/4248