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Japan to simulate cyberattacks as PHP flaws roil global internet

Rappler23 October 2026, 08:42 UTCJapan

Government and company websites across the world go offline after the disclosure of critical vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language prompted millions of hacking attempts

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