Factbox-Websites taken offline over PHP risks
Several government, school, and hospital websites across Europe were taken offline on October 21 due to critical security flaws in PHP, a programming language powering a significant portion of the internet. Cybersecurity agencies worldwide advised organizations unable to apply fixes in time to take affected sites offline. The German digital ministry reported that the federal IT service provider ITZBund had taken several websites offline as a preventive measure, while Belgium's foreign ministry also took its websites offline following reports of cyberattacks exploiting the PHP vulnerabilities.
Many organizations, including the Port of Rotterdam, the national football association KNVB, and various hospital websites, also took their public-facing sites offline as a precautionary measure.
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