Millions of hacking attempts as companies, governments rush to patch PHP flaws
TOKYO/BEIJING/AMSTERDAM, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Global firms and governments rushed on Thursday to patch critical flaws in the PHP programming language that underpins much of the internet, as a cloud firm reported millions of hacking attempts after vulnerabilities were disclosed. The push came when governments in Europe and elsewhere took websites offline as a precaution…
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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
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[Claude] All three are reports on the same PHP flaw patching rush and hacking surge, with Report 4 adding a Nadella reaction and no contradictions.
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