Internet intelligence firm Renesys has identified a new breed of "Man-in-the-Middle" (MITM) cyber attacks in which data is being volleyed across the world by hackers in quick, quiet and largely undetected operations.
The routes can span a global scale. MITM hijacks are not obvious, where they damage data hemorrhages or blocks, but rather are a subtle anaesthetized bloodletting: it is now possible to siphon internet traffic miles from its intended course, copy or distort it, and circulate it back to its intended location in one heartbeat.
"Data goes where the Internet takes it; it's not a choice of directing its course along the way," says James Cowie, founder and chief technical officer of Renesys. "But you can observe it."
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