Cyberkriminalität: Cloudflare meldet Millionen von Angriffen auf PHP-Sicherheitslücke – Geheimdienste-Kontrolleur warnt

Berlin – A major internet outage caused by a security flaw has raised concerns among cybersecurity officials. Marc Henrichmann, chair of the Bundestag's Intelligence Oversight Committee, told the Handelsblatt: "We are witnessing a turning point." Artificial intelligence (AI) is turning previously negligible vulnerabilities into "real open doors" in a short time.

The source of the problem is a newly discovered serious security flaw in the widely used programming language PHP. PHP underpins much of the global internet, from simple blogs to major news portals, large online stores, and content management systems like WordPress. Security experts have classified the vulnerability as highly critical.

Henrichmann warned: "This is one of the most serious security flaws in recent years." It affects a large portion of the world's websites and constitutes a "problem for the entire digital infrastructure." Besides Huntress IT security company and the PHP security team, the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has also issued a cybersecurity alert and official warning.

Hackers could initiate massive attack campaigns and subsequently take control of websites or steal sensitive customer data.