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Cloudflare Blames Outage on Internal Configuration Error

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Summary

Cloudflare experienced a significant outage that was initially suspected to be a DDoS attack. However, it was later determined to be caused by an internal configuration error related to a routine change in permissions, leading to widespread software failure.

Impact

Not specified

In the Wild

No

Timeline

Newly disclosed

Remediation

Review and correct internal configuration changes and permissions settings to prevent similar issues.