Cameroon experienced a brief internet control plane disruption on Thursday, August 20, 2026. The event lasted approximately 80 minutes, beginning at 08:25 UTC and concluding by 09:45 UTC. The primary technical impact was observed on the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), which governs how networks announce and route traffic.
Technical Details
The disruption registered a severity score of 357. The affected BGP signal measures the visibility of network routing prefixes across the global internet’s control plane. During the event, the median number of visible prefixes dropped by approximately 5% from its peak. Other network health indicators, including active probing for reachability and traffic volume forecasts, showed lesser concurrent deviations.
The cause has not been publicly attributed. Connectivity was reported restored following the event.
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