Two bugs found with AI are behind major issues today for 4chan, DeviantArt, Wikipedia, and the blog where the bar around the corner posts pictures of people's dogs. The "critical vulnerabilities" were discovered in the PHP programming language, which underpins much of the internet, including any site built on WordPress. But it's far bigger than that. Some Dutch and Finnish government agencies took their sites down as a precaution. The NSA Cybersecurity account on X recommended that organizations take their systems offline if "an immediate update is not feasible," as did the UK's National Cyber Security Center. Even Pokémon Home and Pokémon C …
PHP: The three letters that shut down sites all over the internet today
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Critical PHP vulnerabilities caused major internet outages, affecting sites like Wikipedia and 4chan.
- PHP bugs led to widespread site shutdowns, including 4chan and Wikipedia.
- Dutch and Finnish government sites were taken offline as a precaution.
- NSA and UK NCSC advised systems to go offline without immediate updates.
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