--- title: 33-hour BGP hijack of Softaculous traffic prompts... description: This appears to be a site index or newsletter listing page from The Register, aggregating multiple unrelated headlines across AI, security, and FOSS categories... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/33-hour-bgp-hijack-of-softaculous-traffic-prompts-security-scramble-cgbvz8scg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 33-hour BGP hijack of Softaculous traffic prompts security scramble | daily.dev og:description: This appears to be a site index or newsletter listing page from The Register, aggregating multiple unrelated headlines across AI, security, and FOSS categories... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/33-hour-bgp-hijack-of-softaculous-traffic-prompts-security-scramble-cgbvz8scg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/CgBVz8sCG.png og:image:alt: 33-hour BGP hijack of Softaculous traffic prompts security scramble og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 33-hour BGP hijack of Softaculous traffic prompts security scramble **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary This appears to be a site index or newsletter listing page from The Register, aggregating multiple unrelated headlines across AI, security, and FOSS categories rather than containing the full body of the BGP hijack story referenced in the title. The listed teaser for the Softaculous incident indicates a 33-hour BGP hijack redirected traffic intended for the hosting software vendor, prompting a security scramble in which customers were told to reset credentials and check for malicious packages. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What happened in the Softaculous BGP hijack incident? Traffic intended for Softaculous, a hosting software vendor, was redirected for roughly 33 hours through a BGP hijack. In response, the company told customers to reset their credentials and check their systems for malicious packages that may have been introduced during the incident. _Track fast-moving infrastructure security incidents like BGP hijacks as they unfold on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Google Safe Browsing incident](https://daily.dev/posts/google-safe-browsing-incident-txwfsh2lo) · Hacker News · 2 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/33-hour-bgp-hijack-of-softaculous-traffic-prompts-security-scramble-cgbvz8scg) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"33-hour BGP hijack of Softaculous traffic prompts security scramble","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/33-hour-bgp-hijack-of-softaculous-traffic-prompts-security-scramble-cgbvz8scg","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/33-hour-bgp-hijack-of-softaculous-traffic-prompts-security-scramble-cgbvz8scg"},"datePublished":"2026-09-01T12:09:07.646Z","dateModified":"2026-09-04T01:49:56.774Z","description":"This appears to be a site index or newsletter listing page from The Register, aggregating multiple unrelated headlines across AI, security, and FOSS categories...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/b80577f96d939e89b739a0eba8b5fa40?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/b80577f96d939e89b739a0eba8b5fa40?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Register","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Register","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/66aa2113fdad463992ffcbf0e8963fda","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/theregister"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/33-hour-bgp-hijack-of-softaculous-traffic-prompts-security-scramble-cgbvz8scg","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"security","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Register","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/theregister"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"33-hour BGP hijack of Softaculous traffic prompts security scramble"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/33-hour-bgp-hijack-of-softaculous-traffic-prompts-security-scramble-cgbvz8scg#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What happened in the Softaculous BGP hijack incident?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Traffic intended for Softaculous, a hosting software vendor, was redirected for roughly 33 hours through a BGP hijack. 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