Websites across Europe have been taken offline ahead of a critical cyber-security update for PHP, a programming language used widely across the internet.
Two critical vulnerabilities have been identified in PHP. The websites were taken down before the update, although the supplied information does not specify how many sites were affected or who made the decision to remove them from public access.
PHP is used across a broad range of websites and online services, making security updates to the language significant for organisations that rely on it. The update is described as critical, but no further details have been provided about the vulnerabilities or the risks they present.
The latest known position is that affected websites have been taken down ahead of the security update. Further information about the release and the restoration of the websites was not included in the supplied material.
