Race to update services' computer systems after cyber-security flaw found
Websites were taken offline after the developers of programming language PHP said "critical vulnerabilities" had been discovered.
BBC News reports: Websites were taken offline after the developers of programming language PHP said "critical vulnerabilities" had been discovered.
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