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===The Curious Case of AS12389===
In April 2017, Rostelecom (AS12389) originated 50 prefixes for numerous other [[autonomous system (Internet)|autonomous systems]] (AS). The [[BGP hijacking|hijacked]] prefixes belonged to financial institutions (most notably MasterCard and Visa), other telecom companies, and a variety of other organizations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bgpmon.net/bgpstream-and-the-curious-case-of-as12389/|title=BGPstream and The Curious Case of AS12389 {{!}} BGPmon|website=bgpmon.net|language=en|access-date=2017-10-17}}</ref> What makes the list of affected networks 'curious' is the high number of financial institutions such as: MasterCard, Visa, Fortis, Alfa-Bank, and more. The other notable characteristic of this event is that the advertisement included several more prefixes that were more specifically defined
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