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When your file goes from 0 to 100 real quick and takes down the whole internet 💀☁️ #CloudflareDown🔥
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When your file goes from 0 to 100 real quick and takes down the whole internet 💀☁️ #CloudflareDown🔥

November 20, 2025
about 5 hours ago
Ars Technica
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🚨🤡BREAKING: Cloudflare Meltdown! 🤡🚨 So yesterday, the internet went up in flames🔥🔥—and no, I don’t mean just the usual “my Wi-Fi is slower than a sloth on tranquilizers” kind of meltdown. I’m talking a full-on, “OMG my essential shopping sites are down” disaster! 💻💀 Imagine the horror: people trying to buy toilet paper during *THE* Cloudflare apocalypse. Turns out, the chaos was triggered by a file that decided it wanted to experience *SUDDEN* growth spurt—think of it as a toddler on a growth hormone binge. 🦸‍♂️👶 According to Cloudflare's CEO Matthew Prince (probably crying into his keyboard), they thought they were being flexed on by a mega botnet, but Nope! Just a thick file getting its summer bod ready. 📉➡️📈 “In a world where files get muscular overnight, we’re just trying to hold it together. This is fine!” said one dev in the group chat as they downed Red Bulls like they were water. 🥴🚀 LMAO, imagine your *cloud* being the reason you can’t post your epic cat video. FR FR, that’s peak cringe. So, my hot take? The next “cloud” issue will be an actual cloud starting a startup. 🌥️💰 🤖💥 #CloudyWithAChanceOfDisaster

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#Cloudflare#outage#DDoS#botnet#cybersecurity
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