Flaw in PHP computer language leads to shutdown of websites around world
- Websites around the globe have gone dark after a serious vulnerability was found in a computer language used to build much of the world wide web.
- Belgian, Dutch, Finnish, French and German sites were among those that governments took down temporarily as they scrambled to patch the critical weakness in PHP, a language used by almost 70% of websites.
- The vulnerability in the programming language, which became public on Tuesday, sparked warnings from national security agencies in Washington and London.
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- Websites around the globe have gone dark after a serious vulnerability was found in a computer language used to build much of the world wide web.
- Belgian, Dutch, Finnish, French and German sites were among those that governments took down temporarily as they scrambled to patch the critical weakness in PHP, a language used by almost 70% of websites.
- The vulnerability in the programming language, which became public on Tuesday, sparked warnings from national security agencies in Washington and London.
Sources: Guardian