Some websites are affected by the closure. (Credit: DownDetector)

Hundreds of websites around the world have been shut down after a major upheaval at content delivery company Cloudflare.

People who visited websites like Discord, Shopify, Peloton, JustEat encountered “500 InternalServerError” message.

Cloudflare is the most popular content delivery system on the internet, but by some margin.

Hundreds of well-known brands use it to launch their website.

Cloudflare recognized the issue and worked on implementing the fix.

“The Cloudflare team is aware of the current service issues and is working to resolve them as quickly as possible. You can follow updates here. official twitter account..

Jake Moore, Global Cyber ​​Security Advisor at ESET Internet Security, explains:

It just goes to show how most of the internet goes over a small set of lines, putting a lot of pressure on these platforms designed for protection and reliability.

“If something goes wrong, it can cause confusion in cyberspace. Unfortunately, this is happening more and more often.

Twitter users complained that “half the internet” was gone. (Credit: Twitter)

Meanwhile, some Twitter users have started complaining that the services they depend on are no longer working.

Some even said, “Did the internet just go away?”

The disconnection was immediately confirmed by a Twitter user (credit: Twitter)

Even some online games like League of Legends are affected (credit: Twitter)

At 8:45 a.m. on June 21, the company tweeted that it had made corrections and was monitoring the results.

“It was not the result of an attack,” a Cloudflare spokesperson said.

“Some data centers have changed their network so that they can no longer access parts of the network. Due to the nature of the incident, it is difficult for users to access websites and services that depend on Cloudflare around UTC0628-0720. You can be cases.

“Cloudflare is working on a fix within minutes and the network is working fine.”

What is Cloudflare?

A mixed race woman worried about paying a bill on her laptop

Cloudflare is responsible for some of the most famous brands on the Internet. (Credit: Getty Images)

The company provides cloud computing services to millions of customers. In short, many sites and services use cloud computing to display properly.

One of them is DownDetector. Keep track of stops. In other words, I couldn’t even verify if the website I wanted to visit was working properly.

Like other popular sites, the Discord chat service has stopped working.

Affected services include Fitbit, Ring, Grindr, Peloton, Shopify, and JustEat.