Topic: cloudflare services

  • Cloudflare Refuses Italy's Piracy Shield, Keeps DNS Unblocked

    Cloudflare Refuses Italy's Piracy Shield, Keeps DNS Unblocked

    Italy has fined Cloudflare €14.2 million for refusing to block alleged pirate websites via its DNS service, a penalty the company will legally contest and which may lead it to withdraw servers from the country. The fine is based on Italy's 2024 Piracy Shield law, which mandates rapid blocking of ...

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  • Cloudflare Blocked 416 Billion AI Bot Requests in 6 Months

    Cloudflare Blocked 416 Billion AI Bot Requests in 6 Months

    Cloudflare blocked 416 billion AI bot requests in six months, highlighting a fundamental shift in data collection driven by large language models and its efforts to reshape the web's economics. The company's CEO argues AI is a "platform shift" altering the internet's core business model, forcing ...

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  • 1.1.1.1 DNS Mis-issued Certificates Threaten Internet Security

    1.1.1.1 DNS Mis-issued Certificates Threaten Internet Security

    Three mis-issued TLS certificates for the DNS resolver 1.1.1.1 were discovered, posing a serious security risk to encrypted DNS queries and potentially other Cloudflare services. The certificates, issued by a Microsoft-trusted authority, could have allowed interception of encrypted traffic on Win...

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