Cloudflare blames database error for outage that took down 20% of the internet
Cloudflare says a bug in its Bot Management System crashed 20% of webpages on Tuesday, including some of the crypto industry’s biggest websites.
Internet services provider Cloudflare says that a fault in its bot detection system triggered an outage that took down around 20% of webpages, including several crypto platforms.
Cloudflare said in a post-mortem statement on Tuesday that a “feature file” used by its Bot Management System to fight off cyberattacks grew beyond its normal limit, leading to a failure in Cloudflare’s software.
The company initially suspected the incident was caused by a hyper-scale Distributed Denial of Service attack, but confirmed there was no cyberattack or malicious activity.
Cloudflare handles roughly 20% of internet traffic and powers around one-third of the top 10,000 websites, apps and services.