Cloudflare outage knocks out websites across globe

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Cloudflare outage knocks out websites across globe
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Cloudflare outage knocks out websites across globe

Services that went offline as a result of the outage included Amazon, Discord, GitLab, Twitch, Steam, Coinbase, Telegram and DoorDash

The content delivery network and DDoS mitigation firm Cloudflare had an outage on Tuesday, causing a number of sites to go offline, including Shopify and Discord. The problem started at 0627 GMT...

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