Critical Software Vulnerabilities Cause Widespread Government Website Outages Across Europe

10/21/2026

Oct 21 - Government websites in Europe and elsewhere went offline on Wednesday after the disclosure of critical vulnerabilities in a widely used programming language sent website operators...

10/21/2026

Government websites and businesses across Europe have been taken down in a bid to protect organisations after a critical software update was issued over vulnerabilities in programming language.

10/21/2026

EU cyber officials warn websites over critical PHP flaws as patches are due for the widely used programming language.

10/21/2026

Oct 21 - Government websites across Europe went dark on Wednesday as operators raced to patch two critical vulnerabilities in PHP, one of the most widely used programming languages on the web.