18/11/2025
OEW-18/Nov./2025: Cloudflare Glitch Causes Widespread Internet Outage
A number of major websites experienced downtime on Tuesday following a technical glitch at Cloudflare, resulting in widespread service disruptions across the internet.
According to the company, the outage was caused by an internal network bug that temporarily affected its global operations. Cloudflare, which provides essential internet infrastructure including protection against cyber attacks and support for managing high traffic confirmed that the issue has since been identified and addressed.
The disruption impacted several high-traffic platforms that rely on Cloudflare’s services to remain secure and accessible.