# Websites taken offline worldwide after critical PHP security flaws emerge

https://mins.news/en/item/110538

- BBC News, 2026-10-21 19:54 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmly0lg3w5x2o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Governments and agencies urged websites to patch two critical flaws in PHP, advising organisations unable to update promptly to take systems offline. Finland shut its public government web services, while Dutch agencies and the US National Security Agency also issued shutdown advice. AI helped uncover the flaws, which Wiz described as the most severe vulnerabilities ever found by AI.

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