{
  "id": 16020068,
  "title": "PHP2Shell: Govts on high alert over critical website flaw; what users should know",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/php2shell-govts-on-high-alert-over-critical-website-flaw-what-users",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-22T07:09:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/php2shell-governments-on-high-alert-over-critical-website-flaw-wikipedia-hospitals-school-portals-go-dark-what-users-should-know/articleshow/135110798.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "PHP2Shell, a critical AI-discovered flaw in PHP, the software behind most websites, has forced governments, Wikipedia, hospitals and universities to take sites offline. The decade-old PHP vulnerability lets hackers take over web servers without a password, with millions of attacks logged within hours. Here's what PHP2Shell is, how it works, who is at risk, and what users and website owners should…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}