Cloudflare Chaos: Bug Causes Widespread Outages, Not Hackers!
Cloudflare service disruption on Tuesday caused chaos across the web, but it wasn’t a hacker attack. Instead, a sneaky bug crashed after a routine change, disrupting major services like ChatGPT, X, and League of Legends. While hacktivists might try to claim credit, Cloudflare’s CTO assures us it was just a tech hiccup.
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Key Points:
- An unexpected service disruption caused by a bug, not hackers, led to widespread outages.
- Services affected included ChatGPT, X, Dropbox, Shopify, and League of Legends.
- Critical organizations like New Jersey Transit and New York City Emergency Management were also impacted.
- The issue stemmed from a bot mitigation service bug post-configuration change.
- Cloudflare is working on ensuring it doesn’t happen again and will provide a detailed incident report soon.
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