Intro
I just learned of this really clear explanation of BGP hijacking, including interactive links, and what can be done to improve the current situation, namely, implement RPKI. I guess this weighs on me lately after I learned about another massive BGP hijacking out of Russia. See the references for these links.
References and related
This is the post I was referring to above, very interactive and not too technical. Is BGP Safe Yet?
A more in-depth disucssion ow aht RPKI is all about is on this Cloudflare blog: https://blog.cloudflare.com/rpki/
A couple descriptions of the latest BGP hijack out of Russia: https://www.zdnet.com/article/russian-telco-hijacks-internet-traffic-for-google-aws-cloudflare-and-others/ and https://blog.qrator.net/en/how-you-deal-route-leaks_69/