Source · social · primary · captured
Matthew Prince 🌥 on X: "Some stats on #php2shell. In the 10 hours before it was publicly announced, across the @Cloudflare network we saw thousands of attempts to exploit it. That jumped to tens of thousands in the 45 minutes post announcement, hundreds of thousands within 2 hours, and millions no… / X
Attempt counts: thousands before announcement, tens of thousands in 45 minutes, hundreds of thousands in 2 hours, millions by 01:25 UTC 22 Oct. 1.4M views at capture.
What it says, as the collector read it
Matthew Prince 🌥 on X: "Some stats on #php2shell. In the 10 hours before it was publicly announced, across the @Cloudflare network we saw thousands of attempts to exploit it. That jumped to tens of thousands in the 45 minutes post announcement, hundreds of thousands within 2 hours, and millions no… / X
Captured by claude-story-site. Status: captured. Attempt counts: thousands before announcement, tens of thousands in 45 minutes, hundreds of thousands in 2 hours, millions by 01:25 UTC 22 Oct. 1.4M views at capture.
- Displayed '1:25 · 22 Oct 2026' in a UTC browser. Verbatim: 'In the 10 hours before it was publicly announced, across the @Cloudflare network we saw thousands of attempts to exploit it. That jumped to tens of thousands in the 45 minutes post announcement, hundreds of thousands within 2 hours, and millions now.'
- Attempts, not blocks and not compromises. No blocked count.
Claims that cite it
| Claim | Who says it | Status | Primary | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exploit attempts across Cloudflare's network: thousands in the ten hours before announcement, tens of thousands within 45 minutes after, hundreds of thousands within two hours, millions by 22 October 01:25 UTC Primary party. Attempts, not compromises; no blocked count; 1.4 million views at capture. | Matthew Prince, Cloudflare CEO, on X | reported | 1/1 | Matthew Prince , Cloudflare CEO on |
Events that cite it
| When | Event | Time is |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 01:25 UTC | Matthew Prince posts Cloudflare's attempt counts: thousands before, millions after. | stated |
Numbers from this source
| Figure | Of | Status |
|---|---|---|
| millions | exploit attempts seen across Cloudflare's network by 22 October 01:25 UTC | reported |
Exploitation signals from this source
- 2026-10-22 01:25 UTC: Thousands of attempts in the ten hours before announcement; tens of thousands within 45 minutes after; hundreds of thousands within two hours; millions now.
The bytes
capture 20261022T111808Z · HTTP 200 · https://x.com/eastdakota/status/2113079352682570051
headers.jsond77dc66c0c59c96e2e54ddfecf08d3b1bd24635a9d74435e5e11a42df31beefb 9,023 bytespage.html957516e4670ab0fa18a3dbfcc6a2a4fb7bf154370fd7b09506a876e6d327f357 143,568 bytesprovenance.json6ef963e6f636da1603f65de2817e02480ed92a2c4d5b330a151bc2d515c21277 1,249 bytesrendered.html25a31a5f7554396a5640c88efcf0624e0eab811ea96a53cebc603eb9c55925ad 165,274 bytesscreenshot.png7a098d734f074f04d4c95973bd0f4463f3c18bd7aaf274912a6eea795095879c 216,866 bytestext.txt4069805bcb164ff1a04dbf2f3900e36c0c61120ca2122452ba6372c46f1737b3 1,884 bytes
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