Is NymVPN vulnerable to BGP hijacking?

So, this is an old type of attack that can apparently deanonymize tor users, what about Nym mixnet users? Can NymVPN do anything to mitigate it? Maybe showing in the app wich gateways have ISPs that implement RPKI so users
can choose them? What about Mix Nodes? Does the algorithm used by Nym to assign mix nodes take BGP safety into account? This subject is really complex so the input from anyone knowledgeable would be fantastic.

Obviously Nym can only do so much to tackle a global problem but this has been unaddressed by tor for almost a decade and it feels like a more advanced network privacy tool like Nym would include this in it’s threat model.

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