Cloudflare's Project Galileo shields 2,900+ at-risk sites for free
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Global – October 24, 2026 -- Cloudflare provides free cyber security protection to more than 2,900 vulnerable Internet properties through Project Galileo, its program for human rights, civil society, journalism and democracy organizations targeted by DDoS and other cyber attacks.
Cloudflare launched Project Galileo in 2014 after attacks on vulnerable targets
Founded in 2014, the program was a response to devastating cyber attacks against humanitarian organizations, civil society groups and human rights defenders. Cloudflare notes that these organizations often face powerful, entrenched opponents while operating on limited budgets.
Journalists, social activists and minority groups flooded with malicious traffic risk being knocked offline.