PK

Historical telecommunications security milestones, vulnerabilities, wiretapping incidents, and signaling exploits recorded in PK.

RECORDS INDEXED1

SPAN2008–2008

AVG SEVERITY7.8 / 10

Intercept Log — PK

001 RECORDS

2008

Data

7.8

Pakistan Telecom Hijacks YouTube Worldwide via a More-Specific BGP Announcement (AS17557)

On 24 February 2008, while implementing a domestic block on YouTube ordered by Pakistani authorities, Pakistan Telecom (AS17557) announced 208.65.153.0/24; upstream PCCW Global (AS3491) propagated it and most of the internet sent YouTube traffic to Pakistan for roughly two hours.