EPISODE · Nov 14, 2018 · 7 MIN
Google Internet Traffic Wasn't Hijacked, But It Was Out of Control
from Security, Spoken · host WIRED
For two hours Monday, internet traffic that was supposed to route through Google's Cloud Platform instead found itself in quite unexpected places, including Russia and China. But while the haphazard routing invoked claims of traffic hijacking—a real threat, given that nation states could use the technique to spy on web users or censor services—the incident turned out to be a simple mistake with outsized impacts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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For two hours Monday, internet traffic that was supposed to route through Google's Cloud Platform instead found itself in quite unexpected places, including Russia and China. But while the haphazard routing invoked claims of traffic hijacking—a real threat, given that nation states could use the technique to spy on web users or censor services—the incident turned out to be a simple mistake with outsized impacts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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