“An internet traffic diversion that rerouted data through Russia and China disrupted Google services on Monday, including search, cloud-hosting services and its bundle of collaboration tools for businesses. Service interruptions lasted for nearly two hours and ended about 5:30 p.m. EST., network s...
Chinese telecoms company China Telecom has a presence in North America and has been regularly rerouting traffic through China, according to a recent report. Researchers have found that China Telecom was able to use its North American presence over recent years to “hijack” traffic, sometimes over...
“‘Fighting terrorism’ is how the Kremlin explains its latest effort to broaden its surveillance of Russian society and increase its control over internet content. But the program is also Moscow’s latest step toward digital isolationism. ‘For us professionals, it has long been obvious that...
The Number Resource Organization (NRO), made up of the world’s five Regional Internet Registries, will lead key discussions about Internet infrastructure at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) this week. NRO representatives will host two workshops, and invite all stakeholders to participate to...
via CRN Kicking off the Black Hat USA Conference in Las Vegas, founder and director Jeff Moss imparted that while the threat landscape is increasingly sophisticated, complex and volatile, there’s a collective raised awareness within organizations and international governments about the necessi...