China denies hijacking of US web traffic

(Reuters) - China Telecom denied on Wednesday that it had "hijacked" U.S. Internet traffic in April, after a U.S. congressional advisory group said the company had sent incorrect routing information.
The incident resulted in Internet traffic to major corporate websites and U.S. military and government sites being sent through China for 18 minutes, according to the report, a draft copy of which was obtained by Reuters.
"The spokesman of China Telecom Corporation Limited denied any hijack of internet traffic," the state-controlled company said in a brief statement emailed to Reuters.



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