At 15:45 UTC on July 22, 2021, a software configuration update triggered a bug in our Secure Edge Content Delivery Network impacting that network's domain name service (DNS) system (the system that directs browsers to websites for that specific service). This caused a disruption impacting availability of some customer websites. The disruption lasted up to an hour. Upon rolling back the software configuration update, the services resumed normal operations.
The title of this report is not a typo. “The State of the State of Application Exploits in Security Incidents” is a meta-analysis of several prominent industry reports, each of which covers the state of application security.