diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ for a specific attribute.
 * [objects/asn](objects/asn/definition.json) - Autonomous system object describing a BGP autonomous system which can include one or more network operators management an entity (e.g. ISP) along with their routing policy, routing prefixes or alike.
 * [objects/av-signature](objects/av-signature/definition.json) - Antivirus detection signature.
 * [objects/bank-account](objects/bank-account/definition.json) - Object describing bank account information based on account description from goAML 4.0.
+* [objects/bgp-hijack](objects/bgp-hijack/definition.json) - Object encapsulating BGP Hijack description as specified, for example, by bgpstream.com
 * [objects/cap-alert](objects/cap-alert/definition.json) - Common Alerting Protocol Version (CAP) alert object.
 * [objects/cap-info](objects/cap-info/definition.json) - Common Alerting Protocol Version (CAP) info object.
 * [objects/cap-resource](objects/cap-resource/definition.json) - Common Alerting Protocol Version (CAP) resource object.
diff --git a/objects/bgp-hijack/definition.json b/objects/bgp-hijack/definition.json
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@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{
+  "required": [
+    "expected-asn",
+    "detected-asn",
+    "start",
+    "subnet-announced"
+  ],
+  "attributes": {
+    "expected-asn": {
+      "description": "Expected Autonomous System Number",
+      "ui-priority": 1,
+      "misp-attribute": "AS"
+    },
+    "detected-asn": {
+      "description": "Detected Autonomous System Number",
+      "ui-priority": 1,
+      "misp-attribute": "AS"
+    },
+    "description": {
+      "description": "BGP Hijack details",
+      "ui-priority": 1,
+      "misp-attribute": "text"
+    },
+    "country": {
+      "description": "Country code of the main location of the attacking autonomous system",
+      "ui-priority": 1,
+      "misp-attribute": "text"
+    },
+    "subnet-announced": {
+      "description": "Subnet announced",
+      "ui-priority": 0,
+      "misp-attribute": "ip-src",
+      "multiple": true
+    },
+    "start": {
+      "description": "First time the Prefix hijack was seen",
+      "disable_correlation": true,
+      "ui-priority": 0,
+      "misp-attribute": "datetime"
+    },
+    "end": {
+      "description": "Last time the Prefix hijack was seen",
+      "disable_correlation": true,
+      "ui-priority": 0,
+      "misp-attribute": "datetime"
+    }
+  },
+  "version": 1,
+  "description": "Object encapsulating BGP Hijack description as specified, for example, by bgpstream.com",
+  "meta-category": "network",
+  "uuid": "42355673-1fab-4908-8045-00bebd91c389",
+  "name": "bgp-hijack"
+}