From Al Jazeera · Umar Farooq · · 1m
World leaders warn of PHP security flaws
Governments across continents take websites offline after the NSA warns of newly discovered vulnerabilities in the programming language powering most of the internet.
In brief
Governments across continents take websites offline after the NSA warns of newly discovered vulnerabilities in the programming language powering most of the internet. Authorities in Europe, Asia and other continents have taken government websites offline to protect against security vulnerabilities in PHP, a…
Governments take sites offline
Authorities in Europe, Asia and other continents have temporarily taken some government websites offline to protect against newly discovered security vulnerabilities in PHP.
NSA issues rare public warning
On Wednesday, vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language prompted a rare public warning from the United States National Security Agency, which advised taking websites offline.
PHP powers most internet sites
PHP is a programming language used to power the vast majority of sites on the internet, making the security flaws a widespread threat to web infrastructure globally.
The takeaway
Authorities in Europe, Asia and other continents have taken government websites offline to protect against security vulnerabilities in PHP, a programming language used by the vast majority of internet sites.
