Hacking attempts surge as companies, governments rush to patch PHP flaws
TOKYO/BEIJING/AMSTERDAM, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Global firms and governments rushed on Thursday to patch critical flaws in the PHP programming language that underpins much of the internet, as cloud firms reported a surge of hacking attempts after the vulnerabilities were disclosed.
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TOKYO/BEIJING/AMSTERDAM, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Global firms and governments rushed on Thursday to patch critical flaws in the PHP programming language that underpins much of the internet, as cloud firms reported a surge of hacking attempts after the vulnerabilities were disclosed.
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