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Video. Websites go dark after AI exposes programming language security flaw

Updated: 22/10/2026 - 11:25 GMT+2

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.

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