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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.

PHP Security Flaw Sets Off Global Rush to Patch, Leaving Websites Offline

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By: Lynsey Chutel · Amelia Nierenberg and Brian O. Otieno
22 October 2026 at 17:01
Governments and businesses around the world scrambled to prevent hackers from exploiting a vulnerability in PHP, a popular programming language.

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Prime Minister Rob Jetten of the Netherlands in Brussels last week. He said that his cabinet was closely monitoring the online vulnerability caused by a security flaw in PHP.

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.

© Annegret Hilse/Reuters

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.
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