Millions of hacking attempts as companies, governments rush to patch PHP flaws
Cloudflare said hacking attempts surged into the millions as governments and companies rushed to install urgent fixes for two high-severity PHP flaws.
- On Thursday, October 22, 2026, companies and governments worldwide rushed to patch critical PHP programming language vulnerabilities after AI uncovered flaws that had persisted for years.
- PHP powers nearly 70% of websites, including WordPress and Magento, making the vulnerabilities particularly dangerous. Developers released urgent fixes on Wednesday, urging all users to "update immediately."
- Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince reported hacking attempts surged into the millions post-announcement. "In the 10 hours before it was publicly announced, across the network we saw thousands of attempts to exploit it," Prince said.
- Organizations from Tokyo to Helsinki temporarily suspended internet services as a precautionary measure, with Japanese entities ANA and Nomura, alongside Finland's state IT provider Valtori, halting operations.
- Valtori Director General Hannu Naumanen said restoring services "can take days or even weeks, as in addition to updates, the systems need to be carefully tested." Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella emphasized building secure, maintainable digital systems.
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Efforts are continuing to patch security flaws in the PHP programming language, which is used by websites and online services of companies and governments around the world. In recent hours, a cloud services company said that millions of cyberattack attempts have been made after the security flaws were revealed. The mobilization came a day after governments in Europe and other parts of the world suspended websites as a precaution, while their adm…
Governments and businesses are scrambling to install security updates to the PHP programming language, which is widely used on the Internet. The post “Millions of hacking attempts” after AI discovered security holes on the Internet appeared first on in.gr.
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Race to patch AI-discovered software flaw that could affect 70% of websites
Many government sites appeared to be working Thursday, but outages or limited service remained while security work was under way.
Millions of hacking attempts as companies, governments rush to patch PHP flaws
The emergency shutdowns of banking, airline, rail, tax and government services from Tokyo to Helsinki showed how much public and corporate systems rely on the software, and how hard it is to fix flaws quickly.
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