[ISN] How Egypt shut down the internet

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 07:16:45 -0600 (CST)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/8288163/How-Egypt-shut-down-the-internet.html

By Christopher Williams
Technology Correspondent 
Telegraph
28 Jan 2011

Organisations that track global internet access detected a collapse in 
traffic in to and out of Egypt at around 10.30GMT on Thursday night.

The shut down involved the withdrawal of more than 3,500 Border Gateway 
Protocol (BGP) routes by Egyptian ISPs, according to Renesys, a 
networking firm. Only one ISP out of 10, Noor Data Networks, appeared 
largely unaffected. It connects to the outside world via an undersea 
cable operated by Telecom Italia.

According to BGPMon, another networking firm, 88 per cent of Egyptian 
internet access was successfully shut down, however.

Renesys speculated that the apparent anomaly of Noor Data Networks may 
be a result of the fact it provides services to the Egyptian stock 
exchange. 

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