- Outage hits platforms such as X and ChatGPT
- Spike in unusual traffic causes errors in Cloudflare's network
- Cloudflare says no sign of any attack or malicious activity
- Shares down 2.3% in morning trading
Cloudflare (NET.N), opens new tab has fully restored its services after an outage on Tuesday at the web-infrastructure company prevented thousands from accessing major internet platforms, including X and ChatGPT.
The company said the outage that began around 6.30 a.m. ET was caused by an automatically generated configuration file, designed to manage potential security threats.
