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Several countries shut down government websites because of security vulnerabilities

Two critical vulnerabilities were discovered in the PHP programming language, with a CVSS v4.0 severity score of 9.2. According to the source, unauthenticated attackers may be able to execute code or commands on vulnerable systems. Cloudflare reported signs of the first attacks, while the Australian Cyber Security Centre said it was not aware of active exploitation and the Estonian Information System Authority was not aware of exploitation in Estonia. Finland, Latvia and the Netherlands shut down public web services or websites as a precaution.

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Several countries shut down government websites because of security vulnerabilities

Two critical vulnerabilities were discovered in the PHP programming language, with a CVSS v4.0 severity score of 9.2. According to the source, unauthenticated attackers may be able to execute code or commands on vulnerable systems. Cloudflare reported signs of the first attacks, while the Australian Cyber Security Centre said it was not aware of active exploitation and the Estonian Information System Authority was not aware of exploitation in Estonia. Finland, Latvia and the Netherlands shut down public web services or websites as a precaution.