Thirty-two UK government services are knocked offline as Britain scrambles to fix a critical flaw in PHP
Tech minister Baroness Lloyd of Effra told the House of Lords that four more services are partially down. She said the National Cyber Security Centre was briefed by OpenAI about the flaw 'last week'. The Office for Budget Responsibility website was among those taken offline. Hackers have since made millions of attempts to exploit the weakness.
PHP runs almost 70 per cent of websites, including tax returns and benefits claims.
Banking, airline, rail and tax services went dark from Tokyo to Helsinki.
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BBC News - Tech'It's been relentless' say IT workers on frontline of PHP cyber-security scrambleThe IndependentInternet faces AI hacking ‘tsunami’ amid PHP crisis – security expertsDaily Mail NewsMore than 30 government services are offline as PHP weakness sparks global cybersecurity alertDaily MailAs PHP sparks cybersecurity alert, experts warn 'it will happen again'The TelegraphFatal flaw in the web triggers global scramble to avert disasterReutersAI-discovered bugs may soon trigger fresh disruptions, cyber experts sayIrish IndependentGlobal scramble to patch PHP flaws as millions of hacking attempts made
