Google DNS servers suffer brief traffic hijack

Re:Google DNS servers suffer brief traffic hijack by bjerun on Monday March 17, 2014 @08:03AM (#7414530)

I'm using 8.8.8.8. Does this mean I might have a problem now (virus or similar)?

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Re:Google DNS servers suffer brief traffic hijack by MertsA on Monday March 17, 2014 @08:07AM (#7414548)

You wouldn't have been affected at all if you aren't in Brazil or Venezuela.

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Re:Google DNS servers suffer brief traffic hijack by davb on Monday March 17, 2014 @08:22AM (#7414596)

That's not how I read it. It seems as though all traffic (globally) to those net blocks was rerouted to Venezuela, for a brief period.

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Re:Google DNS servers suffer brief traffic hijack by thejosh on Monday March 17, 2014 @08:38AM (#7414649)

The rerouting affected networks in that country and Brazil for 22 minutes, BGPMon said.

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