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Cloudflare Outage Disrupts 20% Web Traffic, Sparks Security Concerns

12/5/2025

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Cloudflare experienced an outage on December 5, 2025, affecting 20% of web traffic and platforms like Zoom and Shopify.
The outage began at 8:00 AM UTC due to service degradation tied to scheduled maintenance in data centers.
Cloudflare fixed issues and restored 70% of operations within an hour.
The incident was the second outage in three weeks, underscoring Cloudflare's central role and prompting investment in network security measures.

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Story summary

Cloudflare experienced an outage on December 5, 2025, affecting 20% of web traffic and platforms like Zoom and Shopify.
The outage began at 8:00 AM UTC due to service degradation tied to scheduled maintenance in data centers.
Cloudflare fixed issues and restored 70% of operations within an hour.
The incident was the second outage in three weeks, underscoring Cloudflare's central role and prompting investment in network security measures.