There Were BGP Anomalies During The Venezuela Blackout
85 points by eduard
85 points by eduard
Positive: BPG security is very likely to improve substantially.
In other times, I would have been surprised the US would waste such a weapon on a rather low-importance target.
A lot of the times politicians says a military intervention is going to be short in duration, the reality is the opposite. I guess they wanted to be very sure this wouldn't drag on.
Actually, SCION is a great fit for fixing global issues with BGP. And it also fits with more demand for digital sovereignty. See also: https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250814-SCION-Interview.html
AS prepending is a relatively common method of traffic engineering to reduce traffic from a peer/provider. Looking at CANTV's (AS8048) announcements from outside that period shows they do this a lot. [...]
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46506387
[...] In other words, the BGP anomalies observed by the researcher could be tied to poor technical practices by the ISP rather than malfeasance.