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Hackers Exploited the PHP Vulnerabilities Days Before They Were Patched

The internet’s mad scramble on Wednesday to patch a pair of critical vulnerabilities in PHP , a widely used web scripting language, was already too late to stop every attack, newly released details reveal.

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On Wednesday, PHP released patches for two critical vulnerabilities, prompting administrators and security teams to rush through site inventories and apply the fixes. Attackers had already reverse‑engineered the patches, enabling them to craft exploits before many sites could be updated. In response, some governments and organizations preemptively shut down key websites to avoid being targeted while the patches were still being applied. The rapid scramble highlighted the difficulty of staying ahead of attackers when critical security updates are released.

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