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| 2011 || June || Controversy || Cloudflare receives media attention for providing security services to the website of {{w|LulzSec}}, a [[w:Black hat (computer security)|black hat hacking]] group.<ref name="thewhir1">{{cite web|url=http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/Cloudflare-gets-an-unusual-endorsement-from-hacker-group-lulzsec|title=Cloudflare Gets an Unusual Endorsement from Hacker Group LulzSec|last=Henderson|first=Nicole|date=June 17, 2011|work=Webhost Industry Review|publisher=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909050644/http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/Cloudflare-gets-an-unusual-endorsement-from-hacker-group-lulzsec|archive-date=September 9, 2017|dead-url=yes|accessdate=August 21, 2019}}</ref><ref name="allthingsd1">{{cite web |url=http://allthingsd.com/20110610/web-security-start-up-Cloudflare-gets-buzz-courtesy-of-lulzsec-hackers/ |title=Web Security Start-Up Cloudflare Gets Buzz, Courtesy of LulzSec Hackers |first=Arik |last=Hesseldahl |date=2011-06-10 |work={{w|All Things Digital}} |publisher= |accessdate=2011-08-15}}</ref>
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| 2011 || July || Financial || Cloudflare raises US$20 million in a Series B round from {{w|New Enterprise Associates}}, Pelion Venture Partners, Venrock.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://allthingsd.com/20110712/web-security-startup-Cloudflare-lands-20-million-funding-round/|title=Web Security Start-Up Cloudflare Lands $20 Million Funding Round|last=Hesseldahl|first=Arik|date=July 12, 2011|website=|publisher={{w|AllThingsD}}|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=August 22, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://go.bloomberg.com/tech-deals/2012-12-18-why-a-fast-growing-startup-tries-to-keep-its-venture-funding-secret/|title=Why a Fast-Growing Startup Tries to Keep Its Venture Funding Secret|last1=Milian|first1=Mark|date=December 18, 2012|work=Bloomblerg Technology|publisher={{w|Bloomberg News}}|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=August 22, 2019}}</ref>|-| 2011 || || || "In 2011, Cloudflare provided DoS protection for the hacker group LulzSec. This garnered significant positive media attention at the time, as Cloudflare was a young and relatively unknown company."<ref name="thewhir1">{{cite web|url=http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/Cloudflare-gets-an-unusual-endorsement-from-hacker-group-lulzsec|title=Cloudflare Gets an Unusual Endorsement from Hacker Group LulzSec|last=Henderson|first=Nicole|date=June 17, 2011|work=Webhost Industry Review|publisher=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909050644/http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/Cloudflare-gets-an-unusual-endorsement-from-hacker-group-lulzsec|archive-date=September 9, 2017|dead-url=yes|accessdate=August 21, 2019}}</ref><ref name="allthingsd1"/>
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| 2011 || October || Recognition || The ''{{w|Wall Street Journal}}'' names Cloudflare the "Most Innovative Network & Internet Technology Company".<ref name="asd">{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203633104576623261551755704|title=And the Rest of the Winners Are...|last=Wang|first=Shirley S.|date=October 17, 2011|work={{w|The Wall Street Journal}}|access-date=August 22, 2019|last2=Totty|first2=Michael|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref name="dsd">{{Cite web|url=https://blog.cloudflare.com/wsj-cloudflare-named-most-innovative-internet/|title=WSJ: CloudFlare Named Most Innovative Internet & Networking Company, Second Year in a Row|last=|first=|date=October 15, 2012|website=The Cloudflare Blog|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=August 22, 2019}}</ref>
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| 2012 || June || Partnership || !In June 2012, Cloudflare partnered partners with various web hosts, including {{w|HostPapa}}, to implement its "Railgun" technology: a web protocol intended to improve performance.!<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/03/01/cloudflare_railgun_cuts_site_loading_times/|title=Cloudflare's Railgun protocol gets buy-in from web giants|last1=Clark|first1=Jack|date=March 1, 2013|work=|accessdate=October 8, 2015|publisher={{w|The Register}}|ref=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/02/26/cloudflare-partners-with-majority-of-worlds-leading-web-hosts-to-implement-its-railgun-protocol-speeds-up-load-times-by-143/|title=Cloudflare Partners With World's Leading Web Hosts To Implement Its Railgun Protocol, Speeds Up Load Times By Up To 143%|last1=Lardinois|first1=Frederic|date=February 26, 2013|work=|accessdate=February 12, 2016|publisher={{w|TechCrunch}}|ref=}}</ref>
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| 2012 || December || Financial || "In December 2012, Cloudflare raised raises US$50 million in a Series C round from New Enterprise Associates, Pelion Venture Partners, Venrock, {{w|Union Square Ventures}}, and {{w|Greenspring Associates}}."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/12/17/Cloudflare-reveals-50m-round-from-union-square-ventures/|title=Cloudflare Reveals $50M Round From Union Square Ventures|last=Crook|first=Jordan|date=December 17, 2013|work={{w|TechCrunch}}|publisher=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=August 22, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2013/12/17/Cloudflare-raised-50m-ready-to-spend-2/|title=Cloudflare Raised $50M, Ready to Spend|last=Hickins|first=Michael|date=December 17, 2013|work={{w|The Wall Street Journal}}|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=August 22, 2019}}</ref>
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| 2012 || October || Recognition || The ''{{w|Wall Street Journal}}'' names Cloudflare for a second time as the "Most Innovative Network & Internet Technology Company".<ref name="asd"/><ref name="dsd"/>
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| 2012 || || Recognition || "Recognized Cloudflare is recognized by the [[{{w|World Economic Forum]] }} as a Technology Pioneer in 2012."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weforum.org/videos/technology-pioneer-2012-matthew-prince-michelle-zatlyn-lee-holloway-Cloudflare|title=Technology Pioneer 2012 - Matthew Prince, Michelle Zatlyn & Lee Holloway (Cloudflare)|last=|first=|date=|work=[[{{w|World Economic Forum]]}}|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402122044/https://www.weforum.org/videos/technology-pioneer-2012-matthew-prince-michelle-zatlyn-lee-holloway-Cloudflare|archive-date=April 2, 2015|dead-url=|accessdate=March 10, 2015}}</ref>
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| 2012 || || Recognition || "Ranked among the world's 10 most innovative companies by ''[[w:Fast Company (magazine)|Fast Company]]'' in 2012ranks Cloudflare among the world's 10 most innovative companies."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fastcompany.com/3017380/most-innovative-companies-2012/most-innovative-companies-2012-industries-top-10-web-internet|title=Most Innovative Companies 2012 - Industries Top 10 - Web/Internet|last=|first=|date=February 10, 2012|work=[[{{w|Fast Company]]}}|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=March 10, 2015}}</ref>
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| 2013 || March || || "In March 2013, Cloudflare defended {{w|The Spamhaus Project}} from a DDoS attack that exceeded 300&nbsp;Gbit/s. [[w:Akamai Technologies|Akamai's]] chief architect stated that at the time it was "the largest publicly announced DDoS attack in the history of the Internet"."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.computerworld.com/article/2474809/cybercrime-hacking/biggest-ddos-attack-in-history-slows-internet--breaks-record-at-300-gbps.html|title=Biggest DDoS attack in history slows Internet, breaks record at 300 Gbps|last1=Storm|first1=Darlene|date=March 27, 2013|work=[[Computerworld]]|access-date=August 22, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/27/technology/internet/online-dispute-becomes-internet-snarling-attack.html|title=Online Dispute Becomes Internet-Snarling Attack|last1=Markoff|first1=John|date=March 26, 2013|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=August 22, 2019|last2=Perlroth|first2=Nicole}}</ref>
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