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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kaitlyn Huamani and Emma Burrows

What to know about the AI-detected security bug impacting wide swaths of the internet

Web Security Explainer - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The language that's known as the backbone of the internet is now subject to what experts describe as one of the most notable vulnerabilities in recent memory.

PHP is a widely used general-purpose scripting language that is geared towards web development, and thus, it powers the vast majority of websites across the world. When the organization behind the language and the FBI’s cyber division warned on Wednesday of significant vulnerabilities in the language, government agencies, corporations and other organizations were sent into a flurry.

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