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A host of major websites and apps have been knocked offline by an outage at Cloudflare, the network and security services provider which counts many financial services firms among its clients.
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ChatGPT, X and Spotify were among the big names hit by a “spike in unusual traffic” to one of Cloudflare’s services around 6:00 am ET on Tuesday.
“We do not yet know the cause of the spike in unusual traffic,” says the firm, adding: “we are all hands-on deck to make sure all traffic is served without errors.”
Customers have reported issues with contactless payments at some retailers in the UK.
Commenting on the issues, Fadl Mantash, CISO, Tribe Payments, says: “Today’s Cloudflare outage shows how vulnerable the digital economy has become. When a single upstream provider experiences issues, the impact doesn’t stay contained; it cascades across industries, touching everything from social media platforms to e-commerce checkouts and backend payment services.
“Payments are particularly exposed. The infrastructure behind a single transaction relies on a chain of cloud platforms, processors, third-party APIs, authentication tools, and card schemes.”
Thomas Gillan, CEO, BR-DGE, adds: “When
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