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Cloudflare
WAF rules live 9 hours early; saw attack traffic
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| Claim | Who says it | Status | Fact-check | Primary | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHP is used by almost 70% of websites whose server-side language is known None of the three cites the survey it comes from. A share of websites using PHP is an upper bound on exposure, not a count of vulnerable systems. fact timeline → | Cloudflare; OpenAI ('an estimated 70%'); Wiz body text | reported | A2 Reported●●○○○○ measures differently | 3/3 | Cloudflare OpenAI on X Wiz |
| Cloudflare observed attack traffic targeting its customers after the leak, with attackers mutating payloads Primary party, no volumes. fact timeline → | Cloudflare | reported | A2 Reported●●○○○○ | 1/1 | Cloudflare |
| Exploit attempts across Cloudflare's network: thousands in the ten hours before announcement, tens of thousands within 45 minutes after, hundreds of thousands within two hours, millions by 22 October 01:25 UTC Primary party. Attempts, not compromises; no blocked count; 1.4 million views at capture. fact timeline → | Matthew Prince, Cloudflare CEO, on X | reported | A2 Reported●●○○○○ measures differently | 1/1 | Matthew Prince, Cloudflare CEO on… |