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| 2012 || || Recognition || ''[[w:Fast Company (magazine)|Fast Company]]'' ranks 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 defends {{w|The Spamhaus Project}} from a {{w|DDoS }} attack that exceeded exceeds 300 Gbit/s. [[w:Akamai Technologies|Akamai's]] chief architect stated states that at the time it was is "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=[[{{w|Computerworld]]}}|access-date=August 2213 October, 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=[[{{w|The New York Times]]}}|access-date=August 22, 2019|last2=Perlroth|first2=Nicole}}</ref>
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| 2014 || February || Security || "In February 2014, Cloudflare mitigated what was at the time mitigates the largest ever recorded {{w|DDoS }} attack, which peaked peaks at 400 [[w:Gigabit|Gigabits]] per second against an undisclosed customer."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.darkreading.com/attacks-and-breaches/ddos-attack-hits-400-gbit-s-breaks-record/d/d-id/1113787|title=DDoS Attack Hits 400 Gbit/s, Breaks Record|last=Schwartz|first=Mathew J.|date=February 11, 2014|work=Dark Reading|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=August 22, 2019}}</ref>
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| 2014 || February 24 || Acquisition || Cloudflare acquires StopTheHacker, which offers {{w|malware}} detection, automatic malware removal, and reputation and blacklist monitoring.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/02/24/Cloudflare-acquires-anti-malware-firm-stopthehacker/|title=Cloudflare Acquires Anti-Malware Firm StopTheHacker|last=Lardinois|first=Frederic|date=February 24, 2014|work={{w|TechCrunch}}|publisher=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=13 October 2019}}</ref><ref name="Cloudflaredd"/>
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| 2014 || June 18 || Acquisition || Cloudflare acquires CryptoSeal, which provides Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) as a service.<ref name="Cloudflaredd"/>
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| 2014 || November || || "In November 2014, Cloudflare reported reportes another massive {{w|DDoS }} attack with independent media sites being targeted at 500 Gbit/s."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2014/11/20/the-largest-cyber-attack-in-history-has-been-hitting-hong-kong-sites/#5b0c02b13fc4|title=The Largest Cyber Attack In History Has Been Hitting Hong Kong Sites|last1=Olson|first1=Parmy|date=November 20, 2014|work={{w|Forbes}}|access-date=August 22, 13 October 2019}}</ref>
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| 2014 || || || "In 2014, Cloudflare introduced an effort called Project Galileo in response to cyberattacks against vulnerable online targets, such as artists, activists, journalists, and human rights groups. Project Galileo provides such groups with free services to protect their websites. In 2019, Cloudflare announced that 600 users and organizations were participating in the project."<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://www.wired.com/story/cloudflare-project-galileo-protect-nonprofits/|title=Cloudflare's Five-Year Project to Protect Nonprofits Online|last=Newman|first=Lily Hay|date=June 12, 2019|work=[[w:Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|access-date=August 5, 2019|language=en|issn=1059-1028}}</ref>
