---
id: 4271
title: "An Overview of BGP Hijacking"
source_domain: bishopfox.com
source_url: "https://bishopfox.com/blog/bgp-hijacking-overview"
published_at: "2015-08-17T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["network-security", "bgp-hijacking", "routing", "autonomous-systems", "internet"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/4271"
lang: en
---

# An Overview of BGP Hijacking

## Summary

An introduction to BGP hijacking: how the Border Gateway Protocol routes traffic between Autonomous Systems, why more specific prefix announcements divert traffic, and who abuses it.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bishopfox.com
- **Published:** 2015-08-17T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://bishopfox.com/blog/bgp-hijacking-overview
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/4271