Websites pulled offline worldwide as AI finds critical security flaws

Government agencies and companies around the world shut down websites as they raced Thursday to protect themselves from hacks after artificial intelligence uncovered critical flaws in a widely used programming language called PHP. Wiz, one of the cybersecurity firms that found the two flaws, estimated that PHP code helps run about 70 per cent of the world’s websites – from online stores and news outlets to government services. It called the flaws “among the most severe vulnerabilities discovered...

Published 22-Oct-2026 09:16 UTC · First seen 22-Oct-2026 09:15 UTC

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• AFP · 21-Oct-2026