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As on THE MOAT, 23 October 2026, 00:17 Brussels time · Today’s page

Websites taken offline in race to patch PHP security flaw

Financial Times /

Every publication’s version (9)

  1. Global alert over two critical PHP flaws forces government websites offline

    MercoPress

  2. Japan Scrambles to Patch PHP Flaws as Banks, Airlines Go Offline

    Bloomberg

  3. The PHP internet crisis could just be the beginning

    Sky News

  4. Government websites go dark after AI-discovered flaw sparks security scramble

    Daily Maverick

  5. What is PHP and why did it spark a global cyber-security scramble?

    BBC

  6. Hackers launch ‘millions’ of attempts to exploit global PHP cyber flaw

    POLITICO Europe

  7. Websites across world hit by millions of attempts to exploit PHP code flaw

    The Guardian

  8. PHP Security Flaw Sets Off Global Rush to Patch, Leaving Websites Offline

    The New York Times

  9. Bank, business and ministry websites halted after PHP vulnerabilities announced

    The Japan Times

In other languages (9)

  1. Cybersecurity: Sicherheitslücke in Programmiersprache: 70 Prozent aller Websites betroffen

    Handelsblatt (German)

  2. Falha de cibersegurança na linguagem PHP obriga a desligar sites em todo o mundo

    Jornal de Negócios (Portuguese)

  3. Empresas y gobiernos del mundo se apuran a corregir una vulnerabilidad que los expone a millones de intentos de ataque

    La Nación (Spanish)

  4. Los sitios web de todo el mundo corren para corregir una falla de seguridad en PHP

    Diario Financiero (Spanish)

  5. Kantone, Spitäler, KMU: In der Schweiz waren Tausende Websites von der gefährlichen Sicherheitslücke betroffen

    Neue Zürcher Zeitung (German)

  6. Kwetsbaarheden in PHP lijken met een update te zijn opgelost, maar tech-experts denken nieuwe risico’s te zien

    NRC (Dutch)

  7. Podcast: „Auf den Punkt“: Die PHP-Sicherheitslücke – und was KI damit zu tun hat

    Süddeutsche Zeitung (German)

  8. Internetseiten offline: Was hinter den PHP-Schwachstellen steckt und was nun jeder tun muss

    Frankfurter Allgemeine (German)

  9. Varnar efter säkerhetshålen i PHP

    Svenska Dagbladet (Swedish)

Developments

  1. Firms Race to Fix Widespread Cyber Flaw Before Hackers Break In

    Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg /