Call of Duty, GTA 5, Playstation Network and other internet services down for many, CloudFlare confirms a fix soon

CloudFlare, which is a website-security company aimed at ensuring the smooth running of online websites and network services, recently experienced a major outage, which resulted in half of the internet being affected.

The Playstation Network, Xbox Live, Electronic Arts (EA) and others reportedly all experienced connectivity problems as CloudFlare took cognizance of the outage and tweeted that they would be working towards restoring all network related issues:

Stating that the issue was caused by an incident related to a third-party server, CloudFlare has been updating users about the connectivity status since then:

Stating that the team was working round the clock to ensure enhanced improvements in connectivity, the power outage affected the servers of popular services and games like GTA 5 and Call of Duty.

What caused the CloudFlare outage?

As reported by The Verge, CloudFlare stated that their connectivity problems had been caused by an IP outage, linked to internet service provider CenturyLink.

The outage had affected all data centres, who were unable to use the transit providers.

CenturyLink have also been providing regular updates, with the latest update stating that all connections have now been restored:

CloudFlare is responsible for maintaining internet traffic and preventing outages, however the recent error with the CloudFlare servers sent ripples throughout the world, resulting in a global internet shutdown.

From Social media and Entertainment streaming services such as Discord and Hulu, to biggies such as Walmart and Spotify, to even popular games such as GTA 5, Apex Legends, FIFA and others, all services across the spectrum of the internet were significantly impacted.

To understand the severity of its impact, take a look at the countries and services which were affected by the recent CloudFlare outage:

However, in a what has come as a major source of relief for internet users across the globe, connectivity issues have now been sorted.

Post CenturyLink's efforts to implement fixes, CloudFlare has stated that it has experienced significant improvements in network and that the issue has now been resolved:

About the author

Saahil is an English Literature graduate, with a Post-Graduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism.

An entertainment journalist with a strong penchant for anything cinema, travel and the ever-expansive world of pop-culture, he has contributed to film journals and websites such as Film Companion, Film Critics Circle of India, The Telegraph and Humans of Cinema.

Apart from flitting between the works of Shakespeare and Scorsese, he is also a comic-book aficionado, an avid gamer and sports enthusiast, who dabbles between putting in hours on the PlayStation and writing about the same.

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