Unpacking the Dec. 12 Quad9 BGP Route Leak | Outage Deep Dive

On December 12, 2022, an ISP in the Democratic Republic of Congo leaked a route belonging to the Quad9 DNS service, causing some traffic, including Verizon US customer traffic, to get routed to Africa for ~90 minutes. Learn more about the incident as it was detected in the ThousandEyes platform.
Starting at ~12:12 UTC on Dec 12, 2022, an ISP in the Democratic Republic of Congo leaked a route belonging to the Quad9 DNS service, causing some traffic, including Verizon US customer traffic, to get routed to Africa for ~90 minutes. High traffic loss was observed throughout the incident which was resolved at ~13:40 UTC. 

00:00 Welcome: This is The Internet Report, where we uncover what’s working and what’s breaking on the Internet—and why. Join our co-hosts Mike Hicks, Principal Solutions Analyst, and Kemal Sanjta, Principal Internet Architect, both from ThousandEyes, as they discuss the December 12th Quad9 BGP route leak. 

00:56 Under the Hood: Reviewing the Quad9 BGP route leak as seen in the ThousandEyes platform. Explore the incident yourself in the ThousandEyes platform at: https://aioiqfxeunngihtwnkphnuzazgloaiju.share.thousandeyes.com/ 

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