{"id":390451,"date":"2026-10-22T19:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T18:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-is-the-cybersecurity-issue-taking-websites-offline-across-the-world\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T19:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T18:00:35","slug":"what-is-the-cybersecurity-issue-taking-websites-offline-across-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-is-the-cybersecurity-issue-taking-websites-offline-across-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the cybersecurity issue taking websites offline across the world?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/DbMW5Znbgec\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"What is the cybersecurity issue taking websites offline across the world?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DbMW5Znbgec\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>More than 50,000 UK organisations have received warnings over their websites, after a &quot;critical security issue&quot; was found by AI.<\/p>\n<p>More than 30 government services are offline and four are partially unavailable to address the potential risk.<\/p>\n<p>The flaws were found in PHP &#8211; a globally-used programming language.<\/p>\n<p>What could this mean for your data? 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