Possible BGP hijack

Beginning at 2023-08-29 00:45:30 UTC, we detected a possible BGP hijack.

Prefix 2620:17e::/42, is normally announced by AS26072 FIRSTENERGY, US.

But beginning at 2023-08-29 00:45:30, the same prefix (2620:17e::/42) was also announced by ASN 266970.

This was detected by 3 BGPMon peers.

Expected
Start time: 2023-08-29 00:45:30 UTC
Expected prefix: 2620:17e::/42
Expected ASN: 26072 (FIRSTENERGY, US)
Event Details
Detected advertisement: 2620:17e::/42
Detected Origin ASN 266970 ()
Detected AS Path 203507 3356 4230 61678 266970
Detected by number of BGPMon peers: 3

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