Critical PHP Vulnerability Found by AI Researcher Prompts Sites to Temporarily Shut Down as a Precaution

The websites of the Canadian Northwest Territories government were temporarily taken offline as a precaution over global security concerns, while cybersecurity officials in Britain warned that websites of its institutions may have to shut down. This came after a researcher using artificial intelligence discovered a critical security flaw in a programming language. WordPress stated that the vulnerabilities affect any server running PHP and are not specific to it.

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• The Northwest Territories government website displayed a maintenance notice on Wednesday as a precautionary measure.

  «Users trying to access the Government of the Northwest Territories’ website were met with a notice saying the site was under maintenance Wednesday»

  CBC
• Cybersecurity officials warned British institutions that they may have to shut down their websites after a researcher who used artificial intelligence discovered a critical security flaw in a programming language.

  «Cyber security chiefs have warned UK organisations their websites may have to be taken offline»

  DPA International on MSN
• WordPress said the vulnerabilities are not specific to it and affect any server running PHP.

  «WordPress says the flaws are not specific to it and affect any server running PHP.»

  NDTV Profit
• No WordPress update is required or planned, and website owners are advised to check with their hosting provider.

  «No WordPress update is required or planned. Site owners should instead check with their hosting provider»

  NDTV Profit

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