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Software stocks have fallen into bear market territory, but Wall Street analysts view Microsoft and Cloudflare as undervalued bets on AI. Median targets imply about 52% upside for Microsoft and 40% for Cloudflare, driven by AI integrations (Azure/OpenAI for Microsoft; fast, secure cloud network for Cloudflare) and solid fundamentals, with a cautious approach to position sizing and potential add-on on dips.
X suffered two major outages on Feb 16, 2026, leaving users worldwide unable to load posts and seeing errors. Downdetector spikes peaked around 41,000 US reports and 12,000 in the UK during the first wave and recurred later, with the latest spike approaching earlier highs before easing. No official cause has been given; Cloudflare and AWS reported no widespread issues, suggesting the fault may lie with an internal crash, DNS misconfiguration, or overly aggressive anti-bot systems. The service appeared to recover by the end of the day, though some users still faced problems as the outageApparently persisted regionally.
Cloudflare disclosed a 25-minute IPv6 BGP route leak caused by a policy misconfiguration that caused internal iBGP IPv6 routes to be redistributed to external peers in Miami, leading to congestion, packet loss, and roughly 12 Gbps of dropped traffic; the issue was halted by reverting the change and pausing automation, with Cloudflare proposing safeguards such as stricter export controls, CI/CD checks, early detection, RFC 9234 validation, and broader RPKI ASPA adoption to prevent recurrence.
DOJ court filings reveal corrections suggesting two DOGE team members at the Social Security Administration had broader access to SSA data than acknowledged and may have helped an advocacy group match voter rolls for overturning election results; the filings also show data shared via the unapproved third‑party server Cloudflare, and Steve Davis was copied on a March 3, 2025 email that included a password‑protected file with private SSA data for about 1,000 people. SSA says the DOGE work was intended to detect fraud and modernize systems, but the disclosures raise Hatch Act concerns and questions about data handling; White House and SSA declined comment.
Researchers disclosed a critical flaw in Cloudflare’s edge processing that allowed requests to the ACME HTTP-01 validation path (/.well-known/acme-challenge/) to bypass WAF rules and reach origin servers, potentially exposing data across common frameworks (e.g., Spring/Tomcat, Next.js, PHP). Cloudflare issued a fix on Oct 27, 2025 ensuring ACME traffic is evaluated by WAF rules again; no customer action is required and there’s no evidence of exploitation in the wild.
X, the social platform formerly known as Twitter, experienced a widespread outage that disrupted service in major U.S. cities and Europe, with users seeing a "Something went wrong" message; DownDetector logged tens of thousands of outage reports before the service appeared to recover in the afternoon, and Cloudflare-related issues were noted, though X had not issued an immediate public explanation.
X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) went down Friday morning, with users seeing errors like 'Something went wrong' and a spinning reload. Downdetector logged roughly 200,000 outage reports by 10:52 a.m. ET, affecting both the app and website. The issues briefly eased around 10:35 a.m. before resuming at 10:41 a.m., with Cloudflare’s cybersecurity services cited as the likely source, marking yet another outage in a string of disruptions for the platform.
The user is prompted to unblock challenges.cloudflare.com to continue accessing the service, indicating a security or access issue related to Cloudflare's challenge page.
The user has been blocked by a website's security service (Cloudflare) due to triggering security measures, likely from suspicious activity or input, and is advised to contact the site owner with details to resolve the issue.
The user was blocked from accessing a website protected by Cloudflare's security service, likely due to triggering security measures through certain actions or data submissions. To resolve this, they should contact the website owner and provide details of their activity and the Cloudflare Ray ID.
The user was blocked from accessing a website protected by Cloudflare's security service, likely due to triggering security measures through certain actions or data submissions. To resolve this, they should contact the website owner and provide details of their activity and the Cloudflare Ray ID.
The user was blocked by Cloudflare's security service while trying to access a website, likely due to triggering security measures such as submitting suspicious data or commands. To resolve this, they should contact the website owner and provide details including the Cloudflare Ray ID.
The user has been blocked by a website protected by Cloudflare's security service, likely due to suspicious activity or security triggers, and is advised to contact the site owner with details of the incident.
The user was blocked from accessing a website protected by Cloudflare's security service, likely due to triggering security measures through certain actions or data submissions. To resolve this, they should contact the website owner and provide details including the Cloudflare Ray ID.
The user was blocked from accessing a website protected by Cloudflare's security service, likely due to triggering security measures through certain actions or data submissions. To resolve this, they should contact the website owner and provide details including the Cloudflare Ray ID.