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4 hours ago · Global
PHP security issue LIVE as websites taken offline amid cyber-hacking fears
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a security story. Manchester Evening News is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Global. The first report grouped here was at 22 Oct 2026, 11:34 UTC. The headline in use is “PHP security issue LIVE as websites taken offline amid cyber-hacking fears”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Organisations around the world have been scrambling to fix a critical security flaw in the programming language PHP used by the majority of websites
Manchester Evening NewsRead at Manchester Evening News
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by Manchester Evening News
PHP security issue LIVE as websites taken offline amid cyber-hacking fears
Reported by 1 outlet
- Manchester Evening News
- Manchester Evening NewsPHP security issue LIVE as websites taken offline amid cyber-hacking fears