Security Flaw in PHP Disrupts German and European Websites, Threatens Large Share of Sites Worldwide

A global security flaw, reportedly in the PHP language, has caused websites in Germany and across Europe to go down, including government portals, hospitals, and universities. Arabic-language reports say the flaw threatens 70% of websites worldwide and that it was discovered by Vietnamese engineers with the help of artificial intelligence.

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• Many German websites remain affected by the flaw on Thursday, including government portals, hospitals, and universities experiencing service outages.

  «Numerous websites across Germany remained affected by a global security vulnerability on Thursday, with government portals, hospitals and universities among those experiencing disruptions.»

  Yahoo
• The Independent newspaper attributed the outages of websites across Europe to a security flaw in the PHP language.

  «Why websites across Europe were taken down amid PHP security issue»

  The Independent on MSN
• Arabic-language coverage reported that a company of Vietnamese engineers discovered a flaw that threatens 70% of websites worldwide.

  «شركة مهندسين فيتناميين تكتشف ثغرة أمنية تهدد 70% من المواقع الإلكترونية العالمية.»

  vietnam.vn
• Another Arabic-language report described the flaw as serious and said artificial intelligence was what uncovered it.

  «يكشف الذكاء الاصطناعي عن ثغرة أمنية خطيرة تهدد العديد من المواقع الإلكترونية حول العالم.»

  vietnam.vn

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