Critical PHP vulnerabilities drive governments and companies into a global race to patch

The discovery of two serious security vulnerabilities in PHP, aided by artificial intelligence, triggered a global alert among governments and companies that rushed to patch their systems. PHP is used to run around 70% of websites on the internet, millions of hacking attempts have been recorded, and government and commercial websites have gone offline.

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• A cloud company reported millions of hacking attempts after the vulnerabilities came to light.

  «as a cloud firm reported millions of hacking attempts after»

  Reuters
• More than 30 government services stopped working due to a weakness in PHP.

  «More than 30 government services are offline as PHP weakness sparks global cybersecurity alert»

  Daily Mail on MSN
• The vulnerability allows the attacker to alter a website or extract its data, including personal information.

  «The vulnerability allows a hacker to change a website or extract data, including personal information.»

  Al Jazeera
• Artificial intelligence was used to detect the vulnerability, which affects most websites around the world.

  «AI was used to uncover a security weakness that affects most of the world»

  CBS News • مونت كارلو الدولية
• The effects of the hacking attempts reached companies in the US state of Michigan, which rushed to patch their systems.

  «Critical flaws identified in the PHP programming language triggered a scramble to patch the vulnerabilities amid millions of hacking attempts.»

  Yahoo

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