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PHP Security Flaw Sets Off Global Rush to Patch, Leaving Websites Offline
Geert Vanden Wijngaert/Associated Press
Posted
Thursday,
October 22, 2026
12:01 pm
Lynsey Chutel, Amelia Nierenberg and Brian O. Otieno (via The New York Times - Technology)
Governments and businesses around the world scrambled to prevent hackers from exploiting a vulnerability in PHP, a popular programming language.
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Keywords
Computer Security,
Cyberwarfare and Defense,
Cyberattacks and Hackers,
Computers and the Internet,
Artificial Intelligence,
PHP,
OpenAI Labs,
PHP Foundation,
Germany,
Kenya,
Netherlands,
France,
Japan,
Great Britain