Internet down for thousands after ‘fibre cut’ with Cloudflare engineers investigating cause
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DownDetector, which monitors global internet health, indicated that X , Zoom, Reddit, Canva, AWS, Microsoft Teams , Fortnite and Discord, among others were impacted. Info Just moments before, Cloudflare indicated that there was scheduled maintenance in progress. Cloudflare, one of the world's biggest servers protecting the internet from cyber attacks, has crashed, leaving thousands offline globally.
Furthermore, Cloudflare runs a huge network of servers spread across more than 330 cities in over 120 countries. Issues began at 8.35am ET on Monday, affecting a range of services including X, Zoom, Google and Microsoft .
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DownDetector, which monitors global internet health, indicated that X , Zoom, Reddit, Canva, AWS, Microsoft Teams , Fortnite and Discord, among others were impacted.
according to The National (UAE)Info Just moments before, Cloudflare indicated that there was scheduled maintenance in progress.
according to The National (UAE)Cloudflare, one of the world's biggest servers protecting the internet from cyber attacks, has crashed, leaving thousands offline globally.
according to Metro - News +2Cloudflare runs a huge network of servers spread across more than 330 cities in over 120 countries.
according to Daily Mail (Mail Online) - HomeIssues began at 8.35am ET on Monday, affecting a range of services including X, Zoom, Google and Microsoft .
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