I’m not an expert, but if BGP started routing traffic through U.S. services they could MITM traffic ( if it wasn’t properly secured), but they could also just DoS which might have been enough for the purposes at that time.

BGP doesn’t use DNS

I assume they mean Border Gateway Protocol. Its used to help define what network traffic goes where. This could mean traffic was being redirected to bad actor(s).

In s neither, it’s extortion on a massive scale. The U.S. is being run by gangsters.

Finny thing is, I have a hunch Russia and China were notified in advance…