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Experts weigh whether the recent BGP anomalies involving Venezuelan provider CANTV represent a deliberate state-sponsored intelligence operation or merely routine technical misconfigurations stemming from loose routing policies. While the heavy AS path prepending typically signals an effort to deprioritize traffic—making a malicious hijack seem unlikely to some—others argue it could be a calculated move to exploit providers lacking RPKI filtering for passive intelligence gathering. A compelling alternative perspective suggests these routing shifts were not the primary attack but rather a visible symptom of broader infrastructure disruptions, such as power outages or cable interference. Ultimately, the discussion highlights the thin line between everyday internet "noise" and the strategic mapping of critical financial and communication dependencies.