{
  "id": 16022014,
  "title": "Website blackouts: 5 reasons the PHP2Shell bug is your problem, too",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/website-blackouts-5-reasons-the-php2shell-bug-is-your-problem-too",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T08:09:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/technology/website-blackouts-5-reasons-the-php2shell-bug-is-your-problem-too-1.500719496"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "TWO major flaws have emerged in PHP, the scripting language behind much of the web. Upon its discovery – by AI, no less – the incident forced hundreds of sites offline this week. Dubbed PHP2Shell, both are rated 9.2 out of 10 for severity. It's serious enough that both the FBI and the US National Security Agency issued emergency warnings. Two critical vulnerabilities have been identified in PHP,…",
  "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."
}