Nigeria Experiences BGP Control Plane Disruption Lasting Over 10 Hours
Nigeria experienced a significant Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) disruption beginning on August 2, 2026, lasting for more than 10 hours. The event, which started at approximately 13:55 UTC and concluded around 00:30 UTC on August 3, primarily affected the network control plane, a critical system…
Nigeria experienced a significant Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) disruption beginning on August 2, 2026, lasting for more than 10 hours. The event, which started at approximately 13:55 UTC and concluded around 00:30 UTC on August 3, primarily affected the network control plane, a critical system for routing internet traffic.
Technical Details
The disruption registered a severity score of 811, with the primary impact observed on the BGP median signal. This signal measures the visibility of network routing prefixes in the global control plane. A sustained drop in this metric can indicate a reduction in the number of available routes for internet traffic.
Other network telemetry showed concurrent but less severe effects. The ping-slash24 signal, which measures ICMP reachability across IPv4 network blocks, recorded a minor 5% drop from its peak. Backscatter measurements, a proxy for overall network activity, showed a more substantial 57% decline from peak levels during the event window.
Reported Cause
The cause has not been publicly attributed.
The disruption was resolved by the end of the observation period.
