--- title: "Orange Spain Outage: BGP Traffic Hijacked by Threat Actor" url: https://daily.dev/posts/orange-spain-outage-bgp-traffic-hijacked-by-threat-actor-4vrsp3937 source_url: https://securityboulevard.com/2024/01/orange-spain-outage-bgp-traffic-hijacked-by-threat-actor/ type: article source: "Security Boulevard" published: 2024-01-19T07:11:50.216Z updated: 2024-01-19T07:11:47.947Z tags: ["security", "cyber"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: 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. # Orange Spain Outage: BGP Traffic Hijacked by Threat Actor **[Security Boulevard](https://daily.dev/sources/securityboulevard)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Orange Spain faced a significant internet outage due to BGP Traffic Hijacking by a threat actor named 'Snow'. The hijacking was caused by exploiting vulnerabilities in the company's RIPE account and implementing an invalid RPKI configuration. BGP relies on trust and malicious actors can redirect traffic to malicious destinations. RPKI is a cryptographic solution that associates BGP route announcements with the correct originating AS number. The Orange Spain outage resulted in network issues, but no client data was compromised. The hacker gained access through stolen credentials and mentioned the absence of two-factor authentication. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#cyber](https://daily.dev/tags/cyber) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/orange-spain-outage-bgp-traffic-hijacked-by-threat-actor-4vrsp3937)