This was a malfunction, not a DDoS attack. blog.cloudflare.com/18-november-2025-outage/
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themurphy@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
It’s very normal for countries to DDOS each other to test their limits, and if it could be incorporated in an attack.
And yes, of course the US is also testing this against other nations.
turmoil@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
themurphy@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Thanks mate, I edited my post for clarity.
TomMasz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Every DDoS that hits Cloudflare is bigger than the previous one. There’s bound to be one that they couldn’t instantly mitigate.
MigratingApe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Did Akamai, their competitor, ever blinked? (I don’t remember).
themurphy@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Even if they did, the importance of decentralising the internet away from a few big providers is no joke.
MigratingApe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Yes of course I totally agree.