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Received today — 22 October 2026 ⏭

What Is PHP? Why Are Government and Business Websites Going Offline?

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By: Karla Adam and Dustin Volz
22 October 2026 at 16:55
A critical security flaw in the programming language underpinning much of the web has prompted a global rush to patch vulnerable systems.

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A programmer in Guernica, Spain, on Thursday, working on PHP code, software used throughout the internet.

A.I. Discovered a Critical Vulnerability in PHP, a Coding Language Behind Many Websites

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By: Dustin Volz
21 October 2026 at 20:04
The disclosure heightened concerns about A.I.’s potential to upend cybersecurity unless shortcomings are addressed.

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The website for the French government was temporarily unavailable on Wednesday amid hacking concerns stemming from major bugs in a piece of software used widely across the internet.
Received — 16 October 2026 ⏭

Russia Appears to Step Up Efforts to Influence U.S. Voters

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By: Julian E. Barnes · Dustin Volz and Steven Lee Myers
16 October 2026 at 19:24
One campaign has created social media posts focusing on U.S. support for Israel to sow discord ahead of the midterm elections.

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American officials say they have identified similar influence campaigns by Russia and others in years past, all trying to create discord over contentious topics.
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