Websites go dark worldwide as AI exposes critical security flaws

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October 21, 2026

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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—Government agencies and companies around the world shut down websites Wednesday after two critical flaws came to light involving PHP, a programming language that is the basis for a large share of the internet.

The US National Security Agency told organisations to patch immediately or pull vulnerable systems offline.

The flaws “often provide a direct path to the server’s file system or database,” the NSA said in a statement on X.

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