Border Gateway Protocol is one of a number of trusted protocols underpinning the reliable functioning of the internet. BGP enables the internet to exchange routing information between autonomous systems. It regularly gets abused by nation-state attackers for cyberespionage. The Federal Communications Commission has begun a security review of BGP and will soon open a 30-day period for comment. The timing of the review comes after Russia reportedly used BGP hijacking against Ukraine last week. Security experts for years have been warning that BGP remains poorly secured and poses a risk.”]

