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Around the world organisations have taken down websites as they attempt to fix a cyber-security flaw in something called PHP – which helps run around 70% of sites.<\/p>\n

Invisible, but essential:<\/b> our cyber correspondent describes PHP as a key part of “invisible infrastructure”<\/a>, and if it’s vulnerable cyber criminals can use it to deface websites, extract data and plant malicious software. These are “worse-case scenarios” he says, and an expert adds there are no signs of breaches so far<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When would you use it?<\/b> Our technology reporter says <\/a>when you visit a site, PHP helps deliver what appears by fetching and processing information from its databases.<\/p>\n

What’s gone wrong? <\/b>The vulnerability is within the PHP programming language<\/a>, which collects information you need and presents it in a way you can read on the web. Companies have been implementing a fix, but researchers say many are still vulnerable<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Government services unavailable<\/b>: Baroness Lloyd of Effra said in the House of Lords that 32 UK government services were unavailable and four partially unavailable – but no large public-facing critical services have been affected.<\/p>\n

The global scramble<\/b>: the effect has been seen in countries including Japan, Finland and France. Read about the actions they’ve taken.<\/a><\/p>\n

Back to basics for some smaller businesses: <\/b>while there has been a rush to get some websites down, garage owner Dean steered to a simpler method of using pen and paper – but it means his team are in for a later finish.<\/a><\/p>\n

Read the Full Story Here<\/a><\/p>\n

Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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