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The Breach You Didn't Schedule
The November 18, 2025ย Cloudflare outageย wasn't just an availability crisis.ย It was a security breach incubator.
When the central hyper-scalers failed, triggering that sickening cycle of 500 errors across 20% of the web, organizations didn't just lose uptime. They lost their composure. In the panic to restore service, many engineering teams executed a direct-origin bypass. They routed traffic around the edge, effectively stripping away their shields to keep the lights on.
Without realizing it, they launched an "impromptu network penetration test" on themselves.
Mesh Digital LLC's Insights Full Articles:
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By Digital Experts @ Mesh Digital LLCThe Breach You Didn't Schedule
The November 18, 2025ย Cloudflare outageย wasn't just an availability crisis.ย It was a security breach incubator.
When the central hyper-scalers failed, triggering that sickening cycle of 500 errors across 20% of the web, organizations didn't just lose uptime. They lost their composure. In the panic to restore service, many engineering teams executed a direct-origin bypass. They routed traffic around the edge, effectively stripping away their shields to keep the lights on.
Without realizing it, they launched an "impromptu network penetration test" on themselves.
Mesh Digital LLC's Insights Full Articles:
- โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ Cloudflare's Failure Was Your Live Pen Test: Why We Must Kill WAF Complacency and Build Resilience