Protests spur Internet disruptions in Iran
September 22, 2022 11:55 AM
The Iranian government has disrupted Internet connectivity in response to recent protests over the death of a woman while in police custody...
How the James Webb Telescope's cosmic pictures impacted the Internet
July 14, 2022 5:16 PM
We show how the July 11-12 James Webb Telescope images that were revealed had an impact on DNS traffic in NASA and ESA websites, video and image hosting platforms, and news websites. The ‘cosmic’ results may be surprising...
Cloudflare’s view of the Rogers Communications outage in Canada
July 08, 2022 5:28 PM
An outage at one of the largest ISPs in Canada, Rogers Communications, started earlier today, July 8, 2022, and is ongoing (eight hours and counting), and is impacting businesses and consumers....
DDoS attack trends for 2022 Q2
July 06, 2022 12:55 PM
Welcome to our 2022 Q2 DDoS report. This report includes insights and trends about the DDoS threat landscape — as observed across the global Cloudflare network...
Internet disruptions overview for Q2 2022
July 05, 2022 1:26 PM
In this post, we review selected Internet disruptions observed by Cloudflare during the second quarter of 2022, supported by traffic graphs from Cloudflare Radar and other internal Cloudflare tools, and grouped by associated cause or common geography...
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June 14, 2022 12:55 PM
Exam time means Internet disruptions in Syria, Sudan and Algeria
As they have done over the past several years, Syria and Sudan are implementing multi-hour nationwide Internet shutdowns. Algeria has also taken a similar approach in the past, but this year appears to be implementing more targeted website/app blocking...
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June 10, 2022 10:01 AM
AAE-1 & SMW5 cable cuts impact millions of users across multiple countries
On June 7, the Africa-Asia-Europe-1 (AAE-1) and SEA-ME-WE-5 (SMW-5) submarine cables suffered cable cuts, impactingInternet connectivity for millions of Internet users across multiple countries in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia...
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June 09, 2022 1:41 PM
How Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee had an impact on the Internet
The UK's Internet traffic was clearly impacted with less traffic than usual during this weekend's celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. We also show impact from Canada to New Zealand and the royals and news websites...
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June 08, 2022 12:56 PM
In Ukraine and beyond, what it takes to keep vulnerable groups online
As we celebrate the eighth anniversary of Project Galileo, we want to provide a view into the type of cyber attacks experienced by organizations protected under the project...
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May 19, 2022 1:30 PM
Eurovision 2022, the Internet effect version
The 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, in Turin, Italy, had two semi-finals (May 10 and 12) and a final (May 14), all of them with highlights, including Ukraine’s victory...
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May 16, 2022 1:44 PM
How Ramadan shows up in Internet trends
What happens to the Internet traffic in countries where many observe Ramadan? Depending on the country, there are clear shifts and changing patterns in Internet use, particularly before dawn and after sunset...
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May 10, 2022 6:02 PM
Watching Eurovision 2022 on Cloudflare Radar
This year, for the 66th edition, we have a dedicated page for Eurovision fans, journalists or anyone interested in following Internet trends related to the event taking place in Turin, Italy. ...
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May 04, 2022 6:12 PM
Tracking shifts in Internet connectivity in Kherson, Ukraine
Over this past week, we observed an outage in the occupied city of Kherson, south Ukraine, coupled with an apparent shift in who controls the Internet within the region...
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April 26, 2022 6:17 PM
Two voting days, a debate and a polling rule in France impacts the Internet
We blogged previously about some trends concerning the first round of the 2022 French presidential election, held on April 10. Here we take a look at the run-off election this Sunday, April 24, that ended up re-electing Emmanuel Macron as President of France...
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April 20, 2022 2:03 PM
US Tax Day 2022. How leaving it to the last day impacts tax sites
How tax related websites were impacted by the Tax Day 2022 (the April 18 deadline to fill federal and state taxes)? With the highest growth in April...
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April 12, 2022 1:12 PM
DDoS Attack Trends for 2022 Q1
Welcome to our first DDoS report of 2022, and the ninth in total so far. This report includes new data points and insights both in the application-layer and network-layer sections — as observed across the global Cloudflare network between January and March 2022...
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April 11, 2022 5:30 PM
The 2022 French Presidential election leaves its mark on the Internet
What happens to the Internet trends in France when an election like the 2022 French presidential happens? Here are some answers....
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April 04, 2022 3:36 PM
Internet disruptions overview for Q1 2022
In this post, we review selected Internet disruptions observed by Cloudflare during the first quarter of 2022, supported by traffic graphs from Cloudflare Radar and other internal Cloudflare tools, and grouped by associated cause...
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March 29, 2022 12:37 PM
How the Oscars impacted the Internet (at least in the US)
How the Internet was impacted by the Oscars 2022 moments, including the Will Smith incident...
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