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PHP: The three letters that shut down sites all over the internet today

Global Published 22 October 2026, 01:36 · archived 21 Oct 2026

Two bugs found with AI are behind major issues today for 4chan, DeviantArt, Wikipedia, and the blog where the bar around the corner posts pictures of people's dogs. The "critical vulnerabilities" were discovered in the PHP programming language, which underpins much of the internet, including any site built on WordPress. But it's far bigger than […]

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