Decades-old flaw discovered in PHP forces govt websites to go offline globally

A critical, decades-old security vulnerability discovered in the PHP programming language has triggered widespread outages for government websites and public institutions globally. In response to the threat, IT departments have taken systems offline to perform emergency patching and prevent potential exploitation by malicious actors.

The vulnerability has prompted immediate defensive measures, as security analysts reported that hackers began targeting affected systems shortly after the flaw was made public. Efforts are currently underway to secure infrastructure and restore services to the impacted government portals.