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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Anthony Cuthbertson

PHP crisis live: UK government services hit as millions of websites taken down over huge cyber security threat

Websites around the world have gone offline after a critical software flaw was discovered by artificial intelligence agents.

The vulnerability involves the PHP programming language, which is used by almost 70 per cent of sites.

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