Hackers launch 'millions' of attacks to exploit worldwide PHP security flaw
Governments and website operators are working at high pressure to close security gaps in a popular Internet programming language.
Cloudflare, a major internet service provider, reported millions of attempts to exploit a critical security vulnerability in PHP, a fundamental programming language used by 70 percent of the internet. The company's CEO, Matthew Prince, stated that thousands of attacks were detected in the 10 hours before the vulnerability was publicly disclosed, with the number escalating to tens of thousands within 45 minutes and hundreds of thousands within two hours.
The vulnerability is being widely exploited, according to Amazon's cloud division. Several European government websites, including those of the French Ministry of Justice and data protection authority, were taken offline as a precautionary measure.
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