Revealed: The Internet's Biggest Security Hole

[bazmlb]

Two security researchers have demonstrated a new technique to stealthily intercept internet traffic on a scale previously presumed to be unavailable to anyone outside of intelligence agencies like the National Security Agency.

The tactic exploits the internet routing protocol BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) to let an attacker surreptitiously monitor unencrypted internet traffic anywhere in the world, and even modify it before it reaches its destination.

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[Beacher]

Two security researchers have demonstrated a new technique to stealthily intercept internet traffic on a scale previously presumed to be unavailable to anyone outside of intelligence agencies like the National Security Agency.

The tactic exploits the internet routing protocol BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) to let an attacker surreptitiously monitor unencrypted internet traffic anywhere in the world, and even modify it before it reaches its destination.

Read More here

Isn't virtually everything that's even close to being sensative material encrypted anyway these days?

[unomi]

Two security researchers have demonstrated a new technique to stealthily intercept internet traffic on a scale previously presumed to be unavailable to anyone outside of intelligence agencies like the National Security Agency.

The tactic exploits the internet routing protocol BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) to let an attacker surreptitiously monitor unencrypted internet traffic anywhere in the world, and even modify it before it reaches its destination.

Read More here

Isn't virtually everything that's even close to being sensative material encrypted anyway these days?

Emails generally are not, and things like passwords and other personal details are quite often sent via email. 

[OxfordWill]

This is at least 10 years old.. lopht even testified in supreme court that they could take down the net via the bgp prot in under a day (would probably only take an hour)