{"id":2517812,"date":"2025-12-05T06:43:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T11:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-massive-internet-outage-disables-major-websites\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T06:47:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T11:47:46","slug":"another-massive-internet-outage-disables-major-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-massive-internet-outage-disables-major-websites\/","title":{"rendered":"Another massive internet outage disables major websites"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanother-massive-internet-outage-disables-major-websites%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2517812&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A major internet outage occurred due to a disruption at Cloudflare, a key internet infrastructure company, causing many well-known websites such as Canva, Coinbase, LinkedIn, Shopify, Substack, and Zoom to go offline. Users trying to access these sites encountered &#8220;500 Internal Server Error&#8221; messages. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/faa-says-unintentionally-deleted-files-caused-flight-chaos-earlier-in-month\/\" title=\"FAA Says Unintentionally Deleted Files Caused Flight Chaos Earlier in Month\">outage happened<\/a> on a Friday morning and was the second significant Cloudflare disruption within about a month. Cloudflare provides crucial services securing nearly 20% of the web and helps protect against cyber attacks. The company investigated the issue and later revealed that a recent update to it&#8217;s Web Application firewall, intended to address a security vulnerability related to React Server components, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/my-bad-it-wont-happen-again-hollywood-actor-apologizes-to-san-francisco-for-25-year-old-movie-stunt\/\" title=\"\u2018My Bad, It Won\u2019t Happen Again\u2019: Hollywood Actor Apologizes To San Francisco For 25...Year...Old Movie Stunt\">inadvertently caused<\/a> the network disruption. The problem started around 4 a.m. EST and was resolved by about 4:30 a.m., restoring affected services. This incident is part of a series of recent major cloud service outages, including previous Cloudflare disruptions in November and a large Amazon Web services outage in October that affected multiple popular platforms and streaming services.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Another <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >massive internet outage disables major websites<\/a><\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2423747\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A massive internet outage disabled major websites for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/kateoflahertyuk\/2025\/11\/18\/cloudflare-down-global-outage-impacting-large-parts-of-the-internet\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">second time<\/a> in about a month.<\/p>\n<p>The internet infrastructure company Cloudflare experienced an unexpected disruption on Friday morning, causing many of the world&rsquo;s top internet sites to go down. Canva, Coinbase, LinkedIn, Shopify, Substack, and Zoom were among the sites reportedly affected. Users trying to access them <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/technology\/news\/cloudflare-outage-internet-down-internal-server-error-533488-20251205\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">received<\/a> an error message reading &ldquo;500 Internal Server Error,&rdquo; according to multiple <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/12\/05\/cloudlfare-is-investigating-issues-with-dashboard-and-related-apps.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3907849\/house-appropriators-eye-smaller-spending-deal-avoid-nightmare-january\/\">House appropriators eye smaller spending deal to avoid &#8216;nightmare&#8217; January<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3907870\/ivf-china-housing-congress-ndaa-bill-holdups\/\">IVF, China, and housing: Congress works through final defense bill holdups<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/magazine\/3899083\/trump-administration-balances-us-support-saudi-arabia-israel\/\">Trump administration balances US support for Saudi Arabia and Israel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>DownDetector, a website dedicated to monitoring and reporting outages of key websites worldwide, was also reportedly one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-officials-raise-concerns-about-white-house-pressure-to-move-migrant-children\/\" title=\"Federal Officials Raise Concerns About White House Pressure to Move Migrant Children\">sites affected<\/a> by the Cloudflare outage.<\/p>\n<p>Cloudflare&rsquo;s services are used &ldquo;by many businesses worldwide,&rdquo; according to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/12\/05\/cloudlfare-is-investigating-issues-with-dashboard-and-related-apps.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CNBC<\/a>. The product aids in securing traffic for nearly &ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudflare.com\/press\/press-releases\/2025\/cloudflare-just-changed-how-ai-crawlers-scrape-the-internet-at-large\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">20% of the web<\/a>,&rdquo; helping guard against &ldquo;service attacks.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Cloudflare acknowledged the outage on its company <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudflarestatus.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">page<\/a>, stating it was &ldquo;investigating issues&rdquo; with its product. At approximately 4 a.m., DownDetector had nearly 2,000 reports of outages related to Cloudflare, <em>Forbes<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Customers using the Dashboard \/ Cloudflare APIs are impacted as requests might fail and\/or errors may be displayed,&rdquo; read one of the company&rsquo;s messages on early Friday morning discussing the service disruption.<\/p>\n<p>Around 4:30 a.m. EST, Cloudflare announced it had initiated a remedy for the problem, and the affected internet sites resumed functionality, according to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/kateoflahertyuk\/2025\/12\/05\/cloudflare-down-new-outage-takes-internet-down-again\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kate O&rsquo;Flaherty<\/a> of <em>Forbes<\/em>. The publication&rsquo;s senior contributor said a Cloudflare representative told her the outage was due to an update of the company&rsquo;s security measures.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A change made to how Cloudflare&rsquo;s Web Application Firewall parses requests impacted the availability of Cloudflare&rsquo;s network,&rdquo; a Cloudflare representative told <em>Forbes<\/em>. &ldquo;This was not an attack; the change was deployed by our team to help mitigate the industry-wide vulnerability disclosed this week in React Server Components.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/3895945\/how-do-cloud-service-outages-happen-cloudflare-aws\/\"><strong>HOW DO CLOUD SERVICE OUTAGES HAPPEN?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The latest internet outage follows a troubling trend of disruptions in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>In November, a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/3895945\/how-do-cloud-service-outages-happen-cloudflare-aws\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cloudflare disruption knocked out major websites<\/a>, including ChatGPT, X, and Zoom. In October, an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3856650\/massive-worldwide-internet-outage-disables-major-websites\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amazon Web Services outage<\/a> caused widespread chaos, shutting down Amazon webpages and services, including those of Amazon, Canva, Grammarly, Robinhood, Snapchat, and streaming services Hulu and Roku.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major internet outage disrupts top websites again<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2517813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/iStock-2199471016-e1760660200884.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[65517,65543,68278,68279,65553],"class_list":["post-2517812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-internet-outage","tag-major-websites","tag-network-failure","tag-online-disruption","tag-website-downtime"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/iStock-2199471016-e1760660200884.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2517812"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2517816,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517812\/revisions\/2517816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2517813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2517812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2517812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2517812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}