What is PHP, and how bad is the computer language flaw causing website shutdowns globally?
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An estimated 70% of websites use the open-source language. What is the identified vulnerability in it?
Vulnerabilities discovered in the programming language PHP could potentially allow hackers to gain control over servers.Photograph: ANP/Shutterstock
Websites across the world have been taken offline in the past day as governments and businesses work to patch newly discovered vulnerabilities in PHP, a programming language that underpins much of the internet. The exposed flaw would have allowed hackers to carry out cyber-attacks. What were the vulnerabilities and why did they affect so many sites?
