Cloudflare, which protects websites from cyberattacks, went down again on Friday. This affected several platforms like Zerodha, Groww, Canva, Downdetector, Zoom, Angel One, Upstox. The company stated that there was a problem with dashboards and APIs, due to which the system remained down for half an hour. This caused requests to fail and users to see error messages. This is the second major outage since November 18. More than 2,100 reports were received on Downdetector, a website that provides information about server outages, starting from 1:50 PM. Platforms like Canva, Zoom also went down Cloudflare reported that the dashboard and APIs were affected due to internal service degradation. Users were experiencing issues with website access, server connections, and hosting. Zerodha stated that the service has been restored. Grow also confirmed that the issue was due to a Cloudflare outage. Global platforms like Canva, Zoom, Shopify, Valorant, Spotify, and ChatGPT were also down. The outage lasted for about 30 minutes. Cloudflare went down for the second time in 16 days Earlier, on November 18, social media platform X, AI chatbot ChatGPT, and Canva’s services were down across the country due to Cloudflare. These services remained down from around 5 PM to 9 PM on Tuesday evening. Users in India and around the world faced difficulties using key features, including login, signup, posting, and viewing, as well as premium services. Read Also: How did Cloudflare, the internet’s watchdog, fail? Downdetector, the website that provides information about server outages, was also down. Which services were most affected? On November 18, more than 1.4 crore websites were affected due to Cloudflare being down. These included X, ChatGPT, WhatsApp, Instagram, Spotify, Canva, Claude AI, Uber, and Zoom. Cloudflare provides content delivery network, security, and routing services to over 20% of the world’s websites. It is estimated that Cloudflare serves one out of every five websites globally. Read Also: Now you can access Spotify, Canva, and Expedia in ChatGPT Cloudflare is a cloud services and cybersecurity company Cloudflare is a global cloud services and cybersecurity company. It provides datacenters, website and email security, data loss prevention, and protection against cyber threats. The company calls itself the “Internet’s Immune System.” This means its technology sits between its clients and the rest of the world, blocking billions of cyber attacks daily. Additionally, with the help of its global infrastructure, it also speeds up internet traffic. The company earns over $500 million (approximately ₹4.42 thousand crore) every quarter. It has around 3 lakh customers. The company operates in 125 countries, including China.
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