# Governments and some of the world’s biggest companies are rushing to protect their systems after a major cybersecurity threat. At the centre of the threat are vulnerabilities involving a programming language used by millions of websites, PHP. The FBI and National Security Agency warned hackers could exploit the cybersecurity flaws to take control of websites and potentially compromise sensitive information. Government websites in the US, UK, Finland and the Netherlands were affected, as were companies including Amazon and Wikipedia.
Major cybersecurity threat prompts governments and companies to protect their websites