Micronesia Experiences BGP Disruption Lasting Over Nine Hours
The Federated States of Micronesia experienced a significant Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) disruption on July 16, lasting over nine hours. The event began at 15:10 UTC and concluded at 00:30 UTC on July 17, with a recorded severity score of 718.Technical DetailsThe disruption was isolated…
The Federated States of Micronesia experienced a significant Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) disruption on July 16, lasting over nine hours. The event began at 15:10 UTC and concluded at 00:30 UTC on July 17, with a recorded severity score of 718.
Technical Details
The disruption was isolated to the BGP control plane, which governs the visibility of network prefixes across the global internet routing table. The BGP signal recorded a severity score of 718 during the event. Other key connectivity signals, including active probing for IPv4 reachability and backscatter traffic measurements, showed no significant degradation during the observation window.
The cause has not been publicly attributed.
Connectivity was reported restored by the end of the observation period.
