# Canadian government sites among those offline after flaw found in widely used programming language

https://mins.news/en/item/110069

- CBC News, 2026-10-21 19:50 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canadian-government-sites-down-php-cybersecurity-9.7390368?cmp=rss

> Developers of the PHP programming language released a security fix on Wednesday after a vulnerability came to light. They urged users to apply it promptly, while some governments took websites offline as a precaution.

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