International governments and cyber-security agencies don urge websites to fix two critical security flaws inside PHP, the programming language wey dey power plenty of the internet. Dem issue fix on Wednesday afternoon.
Agencies tell organisations wey no fit apply the fix in time say make dem consider taking their sites down. Finland temporarily shut down the government public web services, while Netherlands cyber-security agency say e dey take im own website offline because of the vulnerabilities.
US National Security Agency give similar advice for X, say organisations wey no fit update with the fix suppose take their systems offline. ‘These vulnerabilities often provide a direct path to the server’s file system or database,’ NSA write.
Cyber-security firm Wiz talk say AI discover the flaws, and e describe dem as the ‘most severe vulnerabilities ever discovered’ by the technology wey dey reshape cyber landscape.
White House talk say federal agencies dey work with leading AI labs to speed up fix for the issue. Japan Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi post for X say make people check whether publicly available websites dey run on PHP.
Wikimedia Foundation, wey dey run online encyclopedia Wikipedia, talk say e dey address the security vulnerabilities. ‘We have taken down a number of other systems as a precautionary measure until they can be safely patched,’ e talk. That one make some people no fit access parts of Wikipedia on Wednesday.
Edinburgh council website also become inaccessible, likewise online homes for several BBC programmes including Doctor Who and The Traitors. Dem never confirm whether the BBC programme pages get link to PHP.
