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Minister insists the Budget is safe after the OBR is forced offline by a critical PHP flaw hackers are already exploiting

Computer hackers, as Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince warned attackers were already probing the PHP vulnerability in the ten hours before its public disclosure, with around 70% of websites thought to be affected.
Computer hackers, as Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince warned attackers were already probing the PHP vulnerability in the ten hours before its public disclosure, with around 70% of websites thought to be affected.

Scotland Secretary Douglas Alexander told Times Radio he had 'no indication whatsoever' of any breach of Budget security. He said Chancellor John Healey brought in tougher protocols drawn from his Ministry of Defence days. Amazon Web Services warns the flaw is 'now being broadly exploited in the wild'. Last year the OBR's Budget analysis leaked online before Rachel Reeves spoke.

Oxford City Council and City of Edinburgh Council both pulled their websites as a precaution.

Cloudflare boss Matthew Prince saw tens of thousands of attack attempts within 45 minutes.

OpenAI's GPT‑5.6 Sol found the flaw in code that runs almost 70% of websites.

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