Govts, companies take websites offline over PHP vulnerabilities
Several government, school and hospital websites across Europe and beyond were taken offline on Wednesday as organizations rushed to protect themselves from two critical security flaws in PHP, a programming language that powers a large share of the internet. Cybersecurity agencies across the world warned that organizations unable to apply fixes in time should consider taking affected sites…
Critical security flaws in PHP, a programming language that powers many websites, have led several governments, schools, and hospitals to take their websites offline on Wednesday. Organizations were urged to apply fixes before taking affected sites offline, as cybersecurity agencies worldwide warned of potential risks. PHP developers released updates addressing the vulnerabilities, which were previously identified.
Germany's federal IT service provider ITZBund took several websites offline as a preventive measure following the discovery of the PHP vulnerabilities, according to a ministry spokesperson. The spokesperson confirmed no security incidents had occurred during the temporary deactivation. In France, the Interior Ministry also took the websites of local government administrative offices, known as prefectures, offline while awaiting the security fix for PHP.
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