<p>LONDON: The British government advised the public on Friday to keep three days of emergency supplies at home, a message it said had been hammered home by this week’s PHP software glitch, as well as a record-setting summer of heat, drought and wildfires.
Key takeaways
The UK government urged citizens to stockpile three days of emergency supplies, citing recent PHP software vulnerabilities and severe weather events. Officials announced a new wildfire response plan involving military aircraft and warned of increasing cyber threats.
- The UK launched a 'Be Ready' campaign advising households to store three days of water and non-perishable food.
- A new wildfire response plan includes the deployment of military aircraft to manage emergencies more proactively.
- Defence Secretary Wes Streeting stated that AI and hostile actors are making cyber incidents more frequent and severe.
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LONDON: The British government advised the public on Friday to keep three days of emergency supplies at home, a message it said had been hammered home by this week's PHP software glitch, as well as a record-setting summer of heat, drought and wildfires.
Governments and businesses worldwide have rushed to secure systems running the PHP programming language after flaws were disclosed on Wednesday, forcing some services offline and triggering millions of hacking attempts in one of the most significant cybersecurity incidents in recent years.
The British government said the internet outage showed the importance of its newly launched "Be Ready" campaign, which advises the public to keep three days of bottled water and non-perishable food in the house.
