Cloudflare reported that a brief but widespread outage interrupted access to major services like Zoom and LinkedIn after a faulty configuration change disrupted its firewall and related systems. The issue was quickly identified and resolved, with the company confirming it was not the result of a cyberattack. Even though the downtime lasted only minutes, it caused noticeable disruptions because so many platforms rely on Cloudflare for core internet functions. The incident also marked the second significant service problem for the company in a matter of weeks, raising broader concerns about how dependent the internet has become on a few infrastructure providers and how a single error can ripple across the web.
