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Cloudflare operates a global content delivery and security network that sits between internet users and websites or services. It provides distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) mitigation, web application firewall (WAF) capabilities, and secure DNS resolution, helping to filter malicious traffic and improve site availability. By proxying traffic through its edge servers, Cloudflare can inspect, block, or rate-limit requests based on threat intelligence and configured security policies.
From an information security perspective, Cloudflare’s platform introduces critical considerations around trust and attack surface. Organizations relying on it must monitor for vulnerabilities in its software stack and configuration errors that could expose sensitive data or allow bypass of protections. Additionally, Cloudflare’s role as a traffic intermediary means that any compromise or misconfiguration could impact confidentiality and integrity of data in transit, making careful management of encryption and access controls essential.
The cyberattackers, believed to be state sponsored, didn't get far into Cloudflare's global network, but not for lack of trying.
Cloudflare revealed suspected nation-state attackers compromised its systems and accessed source code using credentials stolen in the Okta breach
Cloudflare has revealed that it was the target of a likely nation-state attack in which the threat actor leveraged stolen credentials to gain unauthorized access to its Atlassian server and ultimately access some documentation and a limited amount of source code
Atlassian systen compromised via October Okta intrusion Cloudflare has just detailed how suspected government spies gained access to its internal Atlassian installation using credentials stolen via a security breach at Okta in October.…
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Cloudflare disclosed today that its internal Atlassian server was breached by a 'nation state' attacker who accessed its Confluence wiki, Jira bug database, and Atlassian Bitbucket source code management system. [...]