Cyber attacks

Expert explains the PHP bug that could take down 70% of the internet

CBS News22 October 2026, 16:51 UTC

Amazon says hackers tried to exploit a bug in the PHP programming language just days before the vulnerability was publicly disclosed. Kurzweil Technologies head of research John Clark Levin explains more.

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