Can someone ELI5 BGP hijacking, impact on Bitcoin, countermeasures and if there were any issues because of the recent incident?
Related links: https://twitter.com/ProtonMail/status/1311013829514539011
https://twitter.com/troyhunt/status/1311792730046033920
https://hackingdistributed.com/2017/05/01/bgp-attacks-on-btc/
https://www.wired.com/2014/08/isp-bitcoin-theft/
Related question: Could the BGP attack be used to split the Bitcoin network?