What do you do when the world’s attention is on you?
Mar 12, 2014Guest Author
Summary
This post highlights the critical role of Cloudflare in protecting high-profile, high-traffic events from DDoS attacks and other web threats. It showcases the immediate implementation and effectiveness of Cloudflare's security measures in handling a 10x spike in traffic for livestreamed interviews of Julian Assange and Edward Snowden, demonstrating its ability to secure and accelerate content for major global events.
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