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PHP-ocalypse: How two critical web bugs almost broke the internet
Original report by Zack Whittaker
Summarized by News Era from reporting by techcrunch.com. How we work
What Happened?
Two critical bugs in the PHP web programming language, used by the majority of the internet, threatened to upend the internet — and it's unlikely to be the last major software scare.
Key Takeaways
- 1Two critical bugs in the PHP web programming language almost broke the internet.
- 2PHP is used by most of the internet.
- 3This is unlikely to be the last major software scare.
Summary written with AI from the story's source text.
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