Infrastructure Security
When DNSSEC Goes Wrong: The .de TLD Signing Failure That Took Down German Domains (May 5, 2026)
On May 5, 2026, DENIC published unvalidatable DNSSEC signatures for the .de zone after a deployment defect made its signer generate three key pairs instead of one. Validating resolvers worldwide, including Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1, were forced to return SERVFAIL.
May 7, 202613 min read