Orange Spain Faces BGP Traffic Hijack After RIPE Account Hacked by Malware
Jan 05, 2024
Network Security / Malware
Mobile network operator Orange Spain suffered an internet outage for several hours on January 3 after a threat actor used administrator credentials captured by means of stealer malware to hijack the border gateway protocol ( BGP ) traffic. "The Orange account in the IP network coordination center (RIPE) has suffered improper access that has affected the browsing of some of our customers," the company said in a message posted on X (formerly Twitter). However, the company emphasized no personal data was compromised and that the incident only affected some browsing services. The threat actor, who goes by the name Ms_Snow_OwO on X, claimed to have gained access to Orange Spain's RIPE account. RIPE is a regional Internet registry ( RIR ) that oversees the allocation and registration of IP addresses and autonomous system (AS) numbers in Europe, Central Asia, Russia, and West Asia. "Using the stolen account, the threat actor modified the AS number belonging to Ora...
