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Websites taken down worldwide as critical cyber-security update issued
The vulnerabilities with PHP, a programming language widely used across the internet, have been described as the most significant ever found by AI.
International governments and agencies have urged websites to address two critical cyber-security flaws in a programming language which powers much of the internet.
The vulnerabilities were found within the PHP programming language, with a fix issued on Wednesday afternoon.
Multiple cyber-security agencies have urged organisations unable to apply fixes in time to consider taking their sites down, leading bodies such as the Finnish government, Edinburgh council and the BBC to take pages offline.
The flaws were discovered by AI, with cyber-security firm Wiz saying they were the "most severe vulnerabilities ever discovered" by the tech, which is reshaping the cyber landscape.
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