How China swallowed 15 of Net traffic for 18 minutes

In April 2010, 15 percent of all Internet traffic was suddenly diverted through Chinese servers, including data from the US military, NASA, and the US government.

Blame it on "IP hijacking."

Source:
http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2010/11/how-china-swallowed-15-of-net-traffic-for-18-minutes.ars