Millions of hacking attempts reported worldwide after PHP vulnerabilities discovered
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Millions of hacking attempts have been reported worldwide following the discovery of critical vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language, which is widely used for website and online service servers. In response to the hacking threat, banks, airlines, and government agencies in various countries have begun temporarily shutting down their websites, according to reports. Authorities and cybersecurity experts in different countries have advised website owners using PHP to install updates or temporarily disable their sites if immediate installation is not possible, according to reports.
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Kursiv states: Millions of hacking attempts have been reported worldwide following the discovery of critical vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language.
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Kursiv states: In response to the hacking threat, banks, airlines, and government agencies in various countries have begun temporarily shutting down their websites.
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Kursiv states: PHP is one of the most common programming languages used for the server-side components of websites and various internet services.
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Frank Media states: Authorities and cybersecurity experts in different countries have advised website owners using PHP to install updates or temporarily disable their sites if immediate installation is not possible.
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- Frank Media · · Центр при ФСБ предписал отключать сайты из-за уязвимости в PHP (Original publication)
- Kursiv · · Глобальный интернет под угрозой: хакеры совершили миллионы попыток взлома (Original publication)
- CNBC · · AI's 'Black October': Critical PHP flaws set off global security scramble (Original publication)
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