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Hacking attempts surge as companies, governments rush to patch PHP flaws

Reuters · Daily Maverick
Published 23 Oct 2026, 4:39 pm·just now·1 min read
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TOKYO/BEIJING/AMSTERDAM, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Global firms and governments rushed on Thursday to patch critical flaws in the PHP programming language that underpins much of the internet, as cloud firms reported a surge of hacking attempts after the vulnerabilities were disclosed.

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