Archive · 5 Dec 2025
Cloudflare Recovers from Global Outage
Cloudflare, a big internet company, had a problem that made some websites like LinkedIn and Zoom not work for a short time.
The problem wasn't because of hackers but because of a change in how their security system works.
The CEO, Matthew Prince, is a very rich person who owns a big part of the company.
He thinks the internet will change a lot in the future because of computers that learn, called AI.
He believes that instead of ads, AI companies will pay for good information, and people will get content for free.
Experts say it can take time to find out exactly what caused the problem.
Cloudflare experienced a global outage affecting major platforms like LinkedIn and Zoom.
The outage was caused by a change in firewall request processing, not a cyberattack.
Cloudflare's CEO, Matthew Prince, has an estimated net worth of $6.3 billion.
Prince envisions an AI-first internet where creators are paid by AI companies for high-quality data.
Experts note that determining the exact cause of such outages can take time.
- Who
- Cloudflare, CEO Matthew Prince
- What
- Global service outage and restoration
- When
- Friday (specific date not mentioned)
- Where
- Global
- Why
- Change in firewall request processing
- Company
- Cloudflare
- Outage Date
- Friday (specific date not mentioned)
- Affected Platforms
- LinkedIn, Zoom, and others
- Cause of Outage
- Firewall request processing change
- CEO
- Matthew Prince
- CEO's Company Stake
- 8%
- CEO's Vision
- AI-first internet with paid data for robots