A major flaw found in the PHP coding language that powers an untold number of websites across the internet has seen scores of sites taken offline as they attempt to patch out the severe vulnerability. If you've found your favorite website has been unavailable over the last few days, there's a chance it's related to this security incident. Here, I have put together a list of as many affected websites as we can find, along with reasoning given by the sites where possible. India The India-specific exposure figure makes the issue more than a routine software update. The report identifies over 50,000 facing assets running PHP in the country, with 159 belonging to government entities. These figures indicate the scale of the digital footprint that may need to be examined. These are potential exposure figures, not confirmed hacks. For security reasons, I cannot disclose the names of the affected websites, as they are currently undergoing security patching. CERT-In, Indi...
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