Congo experienced a brief but notable disruption to its internet routing infrastructure on Tuesday, September 2. The event, which lasted approximately 20 minutes, was centered on the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) control plane, a critical system for directing traffic across networks.
Technical Details
The disruption occurred between 06:30 and 06:50 UTC. The BGP signal, which measures the visibility of network prefixes to the global routing table, recorded a severity score of 21. During the event, the number of visible prefixes dropped by approximately 1% from its peak. Concurrently, other network health indicators showed more significant deviations. Active probing for IPv4 reachability saw a 25% drop, while backscatter traffic measurements, a proxy for overall connectivity, fell by 42%.
The cause has not been publicly attributed. Connectivity metrics indicated a return to baseline levels following the brief disruption.
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