Democratic Republic of the Congo Registers Brief BGP Disruption
The Democratic Republic of the Congo experienced a brief but notable disruption to its internet routing infrastructure on Monday. The event, which lasted approximately 20 minutes, primarily affected the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) control plane, a key system for network visibility and traffic exchange.Technical DetailsThe…
The Democratic Republic of the Congo experienced a brief but notable disruption to its internet routing infrastructure on Monday. The event, which lasted approximately 20 minutes, primarily affected the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) control plane, a key system for network visibility and traffic exchange.
Technical Details
The disruption occurred between 15:15 and 15:35 UTC. The BGP signal, which measures the visibility of network prefixes to the global routing table, recorded a severity score of 22 during the event. This indicates a measurable reduction in routing announcements from networks within the country.
Concurrently, a separate backscatter measurement signal, which serves as a proxy for aggregate network activity, showed a complete 100% drop from its peak. The ping-slash24 signal, which measures ICMP reachability across IPv4 address blocks, showed an 8% reduction in reachability. The cause has not been publicly attributed.
Connectivity was reported restored following the brief event.
