Two critical PHP bugs nearly broke the internet

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTwo critical bugs in PHP, the programming language behind about seventy percent of the web-facing internet, nearly broke the internet, TechCrunch reports.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorBanks, retailers, hospitals and some government agencies took their servers offline to patch.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAmazon says it saw attackers using one bug a week before the fixes even existed.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA week before the fix. And how did the rest of us find out?

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA forum post said the flaws would be disclosed on a certain day and rated them a perfect ten.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorIts evidence, and I quote the poster, was 'trust me, bro'.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBanks went offline over a stranger saying trust me.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorWorse. Researchers first found both bugs in twenty twenty-four, decided nobody could exploit them, and left them unpatched.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorPalo Alto counts twenty-two point six million exposed systems.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the forum poster was right and the experts were relaxed. Give me the hashtag.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHashtag trustmebro.