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What Caused the Cloudflare Outage? Company Cites 'Unusual' Spike

What Caused the Cloudflare Outage? Company Cites 'Unusual' Spike

Summary

Cloudflare, a company that provides internet services, experienced an outage due to an unusual increase in traffic. This caused problems for several major online platforms like X and ChatGPT. Cloudflare resolved the issue and is investigating the cause of the traffic spike.

Key Facts

  • Cloudflare saw a spike in unusual internet traffic, which led to an outage.
  • The outage affected several major online services, including Truth Social, Shopify, and Dropbox.
  • Cloudflare is based in San Francisco, California.
  • The company quickly fixed the issue and restored its services.
  • The cause of the unusual traffic spike is still unknown.
  • Other major tech companies like Microsoft and Amazon have also faced similar outages recently.
  • President Donald Trump's platform, Truth Social, was among those impacted.

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