# Some websites go offline as operators fix an AI-detected flaw in a web programming language

https://mins.news/en/item/110285

- The Associated Press, 2026-10-21 23:00 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://bit.ly/4yBKWMp

> The FBI’s cyber division warned Wednesday that two “critical vulnerabilities” had been found in PHP, a widely used programming language that supports many websites and web applications.

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