Cut fiber optic cable in eastern North America causes widespread internet outage affecting Reddit, X, and other services
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Stephen Schenck
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A widespread internet outage has taken down major sites and services including Reddit and X. Cloudflare reports increased error rates across multiple services, and the cause appears to be a cut fiber optic cable in eastern North America. Engineers are working on the fix and mitigation steps have been taken.
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· 3 pulledCloudflare reports increased error rates across multiple services, adding credence to the theory that this incident stems from a backend issue, rather than problems with specific sites and services.
A Cloudflare update informs us that a cut fiber optic cable somewhere in eastern North America appears to be behind today's disruption.
The company has taken steps to mitigate the impact of that cut, and engineers continue to work on the fix.
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