BGP is a set of technical rules for internet data routing, and Rosenworcel and Easterly argued last year that the U.S. is 'lagging behind' on BGP security.
An adversary may deliberately falsify BGP reachability information to redirect traffic, exposing personal information, enabling theft, extortion, espionage, and disrupting security-critical transactions.
FCC considering requiring service providers to deploy solutions addressing BGP vulnerabilities like hijacks and establishing cybersecurity requirements to prevent trust issues in BGP information exchange.
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