In short, Prefix Hijacks make the IPs of others, your own.
This isn't new
They've been used in the past to social engineer blocks of net-space away from unsuspecting RIR's, for the purpose of selling them to private enterprise who didn't know any better.
In the past few years, a new kind of prefix hijack has become more prevalent. These are hard to detect and trace because they last for around 15 minutes, and come with a lot of AS prepending
Why would you do this?
- NMap the NSA
- P2P MP3's
- DOS the RIAA
- Other Illegal acronyms
How does this work?
