# Companies and governments worldwide are racing to patch critical security flaws in PHP, a programming language used to run websites. Cybersecurity firm Cloudflare has reported millions of attempts to exploit the vulnerabilities since details became public. The flaws could allow attackers to run malicious code on vulnerable servers without logging in. Several countries have temporarily taken websites offline while applying security measures. In South Africa, more than nine-thousand-800 internet-connected servers were found running PHP, although no local government breach linked to these flaws has been confirmed.
Millions of hacking attempts as PHP flaws trigger global security scramble