OK Google, why were connections to your cloud hijacked and routed through China, Russia today?

BGP attack committed 'grand theft internet'

Breaking  People's connections in the US and elsewhere to Google – including its cloud, YouTube and other websites – were suddenly rerouted through Russia and into China in textbook a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) hijacking attack.…

via The Register - Data Centre: Networks
http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/13/google_russia_routing/