Minister says 32 UK government services unavailable due to global cyber-security issue
A global cyber-security vulnerability in PHP servers has left millions of systems at risk, prompting a race to apply security patches. While large organizations are updating their systems quickly, smaller firms are struggling to keep pace due to limited IT resources.
Why it matters
The vulnerability poses a significant threat to global web infrastructure, highlighting the disparity in cyber-readiness between large and small enterprises.
Cyber-security researchers using scanning tools to check for servers at risk of the PHP vulnerability say the number is going down fast but there are still many at risk.
With a security patch being available, organisations have been downloading it at speed as news has spread.
Lloyd Davies CEO of Infrawatch has been sharing regular updates and says the number of patched systems is going up fast from 3.10% in the UK at around 10:00 BST to 5.34% at 15:30 BST.
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