Government services go dark as PHP attacks surge worldwide
Daily Cyber News: Government services go dark as PHP attacks surge worldwide
Government services were disrupted as agencies took vulnerable PHP systems offline. In the UK, ministers reported 32 services unavailable and four partly disrupted. Most of that disruption came from precautionary action while teams applied patches and mitigations, and officials had not confirmed a compromise of central government systems.
Key context: The challenge is the size and condition of the PHP footprint.
Additional detail: For leaders, temporary downtime may be the safer choice when an exposed service can’t be secured.
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