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TL;DR A variety of websites and digital services were knocked offline today.
Internet service provider Cloudflare is to blame for the problem.
This latest outage comes weeks after another major outage due to Cloudflare.
Were you unable to access your favorite websites and services today? You’re not alone, as a major internet service provider experienced an outage, taking down a variety of websites and platforms. But the good news is that things should be back to normal by now.
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Users reported that LinkedIn, Epic Games, Shopify, Android Authority, Canva, CrunchyRoll, Zoom, and a host of other services were inaccessible. Unfortunately, even the Downdetector website, used to track internet outages, briefly experienced major issues.
The issue was traced back to internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare. The company confirmed the issue at 8:56AM UTC (3:56AM ET) before announcing a fix at 9:12AM UTC (4:12 AM ET). That’s good news if you were bracing for a lengthy outage.
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