For two hours, a large chunk of EU mobile traffic was rerouted through China

For more than two hours on Thursday, June 6, a large chunk of European mobile traffic was rerouted through the infrastructure of China Telecom, China’s third-largest telco and internet service provider (ISP). But instead of ignoring the BGP leak, China Telecom re-announced Safe Host’s routes as its own, and by doing so, interposed itself as one of the shortest ways to reach Safe Host’s network and other nearby European telcos and ISPs. While some experts have criticized the paper, Madory is one of the people who stood by its technical accuracy — albeit not by its politically-charged accusations– confirming that China Telecom has rerouted western traffic through its network for years many times before.

Source: www.zdnet.com