Halloween 2024 was the worst ever

Cloudflare’s autonomous DDoS defence systems thwarted approximately 21.3 million DDoS attacks in 2024, a significant 53 per cent increase from 2023.

Cloudflare sees 17.2 per cent growth

Cloudflare’s 2024 Internet Traffic Report reveals a notable 17.2 per cent global surge in internet traffic, underscoring the continued expansion of the digital world.

Patent war over 

Cloudflare has beaten Sable networks in a court battle over patents owned by the defunct “flow-based router” firm, Caspian Networks. 

Peaked under 2 Tbps

Cloudflare claims to have blocked a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at just under 2 Tbps.

Sees it as a cesspool of hate

Cloudflare says it has had enough of protecting the 8chan message board which it says is a “cesspool of hate” and a key player in white terrorist incidents in El Paso, Dayton, and New Zealand mass shootings.

Data lost

Cloudflare got its skates on to fix a bug which could have exposed shedloads of user data.

Judge unhappy with weaponised patent

A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled against a patent troll called Blackbird that had sued Cloudflare for patent infringement.

Investigative hacks find pirates are not the only ones protected

Cloudflare is one of the most popular web platforms for hate sites, according to a site dedicated to investigative journalism.

Problem fixed

CloudFlare, the popular content delivery network used by more than 5.5 million sites, accidentally leaked customers' sensitive information for months.

But Cloudflare didn’t

Fruity tax-dodging cargo-cult Apple did not see its iPhone’s break over New Year’s Eve after the world added a “leap second”.