# Economist submission: How the Internet Leaks

DevFeed: [Economist submission: How the Internet Leaks](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/economist-submission-how-the-internet-leaks-36377.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/economist-how-the-web-leaks/>)

Published: 2019-10-05T11:08:38Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Bert Hubert's writings](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/bert-hubert-s-writings.md>)

Topics: [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>), [BGP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bgp.md>), [Internet](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/internet.md>), [Routing (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/routing.md>), [datacenter](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/datacenter.md>)

Tags: [bgp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bgp.md>), [datacenter](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/datacenter.md>), [fraud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fraud.md>), [internet](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internet.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networking.md>), [routing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/routing.md>), [traffic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/traffic.md>), [trust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/trust.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains how route leaks caused by incorrect BGP announcements can disrupt internet services and redirect traffic. It describes filtering as a control that limits which routes operators trust and propagate, helping reduce accidental outages and some forms of internet hijacking.

## Source excerpt

Note: For context, please see this article on the Economist Job. I also want to thank Job Snijders who was of great help in writing this article. How the Internet Leaks A few weeks ago large swathes of the internet stopped working around the world. The cause was quickly found: a computer networking mistake over at a specialty metals company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Earlier that month, a similar accident took down payment terminals in The Netherlands because of a misconfiguration in a Swiss datacenter which rerouted key parts of the internet to China.