Hackers launch ‘millions’ of attempts to exploit global PHP cyber flaw

Cyberattackers have made “millions” of attempts to take advantage of a critical hole in a building block of the internet, a key cyber service provider said on Thursday. Cybersecurity agencies worldwide scrambled on Wednesday to respond to a flaw in PHP, a foundational computer programming language used to underpin 70% of the internet. Matthew Prince, the CEO of Cloudflare, an internet services company that is widely used by websites to block cyberattacks — giving it a high level of visibility over what hackers are doing — said in a post on X that it’s seen “millions” of “attempts to exploit” the flaw.