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Two critical PHP flaws force governments and media outlets to take websites offline worldwide

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Governments and cybersecurity agencies urged organizations to apply patches for two critical vulnerabilities found in the PHP programming language, which underpins much of the internet. A fix was published on Wednesday afternoon and several entities, including the Finnish government, Edinburgh City Council, the BBC and the Wikimedia Foundation, took pages offline as a precaution. The flaws were discovered using AI by researchers at Wiz and Calif, who described them as the most severe vulnerabilities ever found by this technology.

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  • Two critical PHP flaws led governments and agencies to urge updates or temporary website shutdowns.
  • The Finnish government, Edinburgh City Council, the BBC and the Wikimedia Foundation took pages offline.
  • The vulnerabilities were discovered using AI by researchers at Wiz and Calif, who described them as the most severe ever found by this technology.
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