Security News > 2022 > March > Cloudflare to auto-brick servers that go offline in Ukraine, Russia
To protect client data during the ongoing conflicts, Cloudflare has removed all customer encryption keys from data centers located in Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus, and deployed its "Keyless SSL" technology.
The second measure is the addition of a forceful configuration on all servers located in Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia, to automatically brick in the case of a power loss or internet connection disruption.
"All data on disk is encrypted with keys that are not stored on site. Bricked machines will not be able to be booted unless a secure, machine-specific key that is not stored on site is entered." - explains Cloudflare.
When what Cloudflare is fundamentally providing is a more open, private, and secure Internet, we believe that shutting down Cloudflare's services entirely in Russia would be a mistake.
Finally, Cloudflare disclosed that the DDoS attacks against critical Ukrainian entities began before the start of the Russian invasion, to which the firm responded with an extension of services that now cover the country's government and telecom organizations.
Cloudflare assists over 60 organizations in Ukraine at the moment, with 15 of them having sought emergency assistance for the first time during this period of turbulence.