# Websites taken down worldwide after AI exposes critical cyber-security threat

https://mins.news/en/video/110233

- BBC News, 2026-10-21 21:56 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moy3waNDQa8

> Websites around the world have been taken offline after severe vulnerabilities were found in PHP, a programming language used across much of the internet. Governments and agencies are urging sites to fix the problem immediately. Cyber-security experts describe the AI-discovered flaws as the most severe the technology has uncovered.

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