Websites taken down worldwide as critical PHP cyber-security update issued
Governments are taking websites offline after two critical flaws were found in PHP, the code that powers most of the internet, in what experts call the most severe bugs ever discovered by artificial intelligence.
Websites around the world are being taken offline after two critical security flaws were discovered in PHP, the programming language that powers most of the internet.
The bugs were discovered by artificial intelligence, and experts say they are the most severe vulnerabilities ever found in this way, leaving sites exposed to attack until they are patched.
Governments from Finland to the Netherlands are taking websites down rather than risk an attack, while Wikipedia and council sites have already been hit.
A fix has now been released, and site owners are being urged to patch fast, before hackers can get in first.
Reporting based on coverage from BBC News.