# Why one outage can still take down half the internet

> For a few hours recently, global cloud platform Cloudflare went down – and a noticeable chunk of the internet went with it.

- **Source:** [TechRadar](https://www.techradar.com/pro/why-one-outage-can-still-take-down-half-the-internet?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=69f34ccd6952c9f4cb277a7f)
- **Published:** 2026-04-30
- **Category:** AI & Bots
- **Tags:** #internet #half #outage #take #went #broken #businesses #checkouts
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/69f34ccd6952c9f4cb277a7f

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