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Major Cloudflare Outage Causing Disruptions to MTA, LIRR, Metro North

Reported Nov 18 at 9:49 AM · Updated Nov 30 at 2:48 PM · 682.5K Notified · 53.7K Viewed

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Summary

A major internet outage at Penn Station South disrupted transportation services, including the LIRR, MTA, and Metro North, due to an issue with Cloudflare. The outage affected numerous apps, including NJ Transit's. Cloudflare later clarified that the disruption was caused by a change in database system permissions, not a cyber attack.

A major internet outage at Penn Station South disrupted transportation services, including the LIRR, MTA, and Metro North, due to an issue with Cloudflare. The outage affected numerous apps, including NJ Transit's. Cloudflare later clarified that the disruption was caused by a change in database system permissions, not a cyber attack.

A major internet outage at Penn Station South disrupted transportation services, including the LIRR, MTA, and Metro North, due to an issue with Cloudflare. The outage affected numerous apps, including NJ Transit's. Cloudflare later clarified that the disruption was caused by a change in database system permissions, not a cyber attack.

A major internet outage at Penn Station South disrupted transportation services, including the LIRR, MTA, and Metro North, due to an issue with Cloudflare. The outage affected numerous apps, including NJ Transit's. Cloudflare later clarified that the disruption was caused by a change in database system permissions, not a cyber attack.

A major internet outage at Penn Station South disrupted transportation services, including the LIRR, MTA, and Metro North, due to an issue with Cloudflare. The outage affected numerous apps, including NJ Transit's. Cloudflare later clarified that the disruption was caused by a change in database system permissions, not a cyber attack.

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Timeline

Nov 30, 2:48PM

In an update, Cloudflare said: "The issue was not caused, directly or indirectly, by a cyber attack or malicious activity of any kind. Instead, it was triggered by a change to one of our database systems' permissions."

Nov 18, 9:51AM

Cloudflare says its aware of the issue and is working on deploying a fix.

Nov 18, 9:51AM

The NJ transit app, among numerous others, is down.

Nov 18, 9:50AM

The outage involves Cloudfare, an internet service used by hundreds of thousands of companies.

Nov 18, 9:49AM

A major internet outage is disrupting transportation services including that of the LIRR, MTA and Metro North.

Nov 18, 9:49AM

Incident reported at Penn Station South.

Nov 30, 2:48PM

In an update, Cloudflare said: "The issue was not caused, directly or indirectly, by a cyber attack or malicious activity of any kind. Instead, it was triggered by a change to one of our database systems' permissions."

Nov 18, 9:51AM

Cloudflare says its aware of the issue and is working on deploying a fix.

Nov 18, 9:51AM

The NJ transit app, among numerous others, is down.

Nov 18, 9:50AM

The outage involves Cloudfare, an internet service used by hundreds of thousands of companies.

Nov 18, 9:49AM

A major internet outage is disrupting transportation services including that of the LIRR, MTA and Metro North.

Nov 18, 9:49AM

Incident reported at Penn Station South.

Nov 30, 2:48PM

In an update, Cloudflare said: "The issue was not caused, directly or indirectly, by a cyber attack or malicious activity of any kind. Instead, it was triggered by a change to one of our database systems' permissions."

Nov 18, 9:51AM

Cloudflare says its aware of the issue and is working on deploying a fix.

Nov 18, 9:51AM

The NJ transit app, among numerous others, is down.

Nov 18, 9:50AM

The outage involves Cloudfare, an internet service used by hundreds of thousands of companies.

Nov 18, 9:49AM

A major internet outage is disrupting transportation services including that of the LIRR, MTA and Metro North.

Nov 18, 9:49AM

Incident reported at Penn Station South.

Nov 30, 2:48PM

In an update, Cloudflare said: "The issue was not caused, directly or indirectly, by a cyber attack or malicious activity of any kind. Instead, it was triggered by a change to one of our database systems' permissions."

Nov 18, 9:51AM

Cloudflare says its aware of the issue and is working on deploying a fix.

Nov 18, 9:51AM

The NJ transit app, among numerous others, is down.

Nov 18, 9:50AM

The outage involves Cloudfare, an internet service used by hundreds of thousands of companies.

Nov 18, 9:49AM

A major internet outage is disrupting transportation services including that of the LIRR, MTA and Metro North.

Nov 18, 9:49AM

Incident reported at Penn Station South.

Nov 30, 2:48PM

In an update, Cloudflare said: "The issue was not caused, directly or indirectly, by a cyber attack or malicious activity of any kind. Instead, it was triggered by a change to one of our database systems' permissions."

Nov 18, 9:51AM

Cloudflare says its aware of the issue and is working on deploying a fix.

Nov 18, 9:51AM

The NJ transit app, among numerous others, is down.

Nov 18, 9:50AM

The outage involves Cloudfare, an internet service used by hundreds of thousands of companies.

Nov 18, 9:49AM

A major internet outage is disrupting transportation services including that of the LIRR, MTA and Metro North.

Nov 18, 9:49AM

Incident reported at Penn Station South.

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Comments

Fuzzy1Nov 18 at 10:00 AM

Yes let’s put everything on the internet so that we can have all our major services come to a halt at the click of a button leaving us stranded and without any resources

JimothyCarterNov 18 at 10:13 AM

As a guy who fixes computers for a living, these are the Latin words on my dept's coat of arms

levittownUser1520778026Nov 18 at 10:02 AM

Another great day to stay home. 🏠

iiRaqqNov 18 at 10:03 AM

raising the fare to $3 btw

LiveAndOutsideNov 18 at 9:57 AM

Do the trains run on Internet? NO. Then there shouldn’t be an issue. If MTA can’t use a backup system for tickets that’s their problem not ours

LiveAndOutsideNov 18 at 10:27 AM

@NunyaBizzys Agreed

Fuzzy1Nov 18 at 10:00 AM

Yes let’s put everything on the internet so that we can have all our major services come to a halt at the click of a button leaving us stranded and without any resources

JimothyCarterNov 18 at 10:13 AM

As a guy who fixes computers for a living, these are the Latin words on my dept's coat of arms

levittownUser1520778026Nov 18 at 10:02 AM

Another great day to stay home. 🏠

iiRaqqNov 18 at 10:03 AM

raising the fare to $3 btw

LiveAndOutsideNov 18 at 9:57 AM

Do the trains run on Internet? NO. Then there shouldn’t be an issue. If MTA can’t use a backup system for tickets that’s their problem not ours

LiveAndOutsideNov 18 at 10:27 AM

@NunyaBizzys Agreed

Fuzzy1Nov 18 at 10:00 AM

Yes let’s put everything on the internet so that we can have all our major services come to a halt at the click of a button leaving us stranded and without any resources

JimothyCarterNov 18 at 10:13 AM

As a guy who fixes computers for a living, these are the Latin words on my dept's coat of arms

levittownUser1520778026Nov 18 at 10:02 AM

Another great day to stay home. 🏠

iiRaqqNov 18 at 10:03 AM

raising the fare to $3 btw

LiveAndOutsideNov 18 at 9:57 AM

Do the trains run on Internet? NO. Then there shouldn’t be an issue. If MTA can’t use a backup system for tickets that’s their problem not ours

LiveAndOutsideNov 18 at 10:27 AM

@NunyaBizzys Agreed

Fuzzy1Nov 18 at 10:00 AM

Yes let’s put everything on the internet so that we can have all our major services come to a halt at the click of a button leaving us stranded and without any resources

JimothyCarterNov 18 at 10:13 AM

As a guy who fixes computers for a living, these are the Latin words on my dept's coat of arms

levittownUser1520778026Nov 18 at 10:02 AM

Another great day to stay home. 🏠

iiRaqqNov 18 at 10:03 AM

raising the fare to $3 btw

LiveAndOutsideNov 18 at 9:57 AM

Do the trains run on Internet? NO. Then there shouldn’t be an issue. If MTA can’t use a backup system for tickets that’s their problem not ours

LiveAndOutsideNov 18 at 10:27 AM

@NunyaBizzys Agreed

Fuzzy1Nov 18 at 10:00 AM

Yes let’s put everything on the internet so that we can have all our major services come to a halt at the click of a button leaving us stranded and without any resources

JimothyCarterNov 18 at 10:13 AM

As a guy who fixes computers for a living, these are the Latin words on my dept's coat of arms

levittownUser1520778026Nov 18 at 10:02 AM

Another great day to stay home. 🏠

iiRaqqNov 18 at 10:03 AM

raising the fare to $3 btw

LiveAndOutsideNov 18 at 9:57 AM

Do the trains run on Internet? NO. Then there shouldn’t be an issue. If MTA can’t use a backup system for tickets that’s their problem not ours

LiveAndOutsideNov 18 at 10:27 AM

@NunyaBizzys Agreed

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