This was a malfunction, not a DDoS attack. blog.cloudflare.com/18-november-2025-outage/
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themurphy@lemmy.ml 2 months 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 2 months ago
themurphy@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Thanks mate, I edited my post for clarity.
TomMasz@lemmy.world 2 months 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 2 months ago
Did Akamai, their competitor, ever blinked? (I don’t remember).
themurphy@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Even if they did, the importance of decentralising the internet away from a few big providers is no joke.
MigratingApe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Yes of course I totally agree.