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Websites taken down across Europe as critical cyber-security update issued

Websites across Europe were taken offline after critical vulnerabilities were discovered in PHP, the widely used web programming language, according to BBC Technology. The flaws were described as the most significant ever found by AI, though the source names no specific researcher, vendor, or CVE identifier behind the discovery.

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Websites taken down across Europe as critical cyber-security update issued
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BBC Technology The vulnerabilities with PHP, a programming language widely used across the internet, have been described as the most significant ever found by AI.

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