Hong Kong watchdog warns of hacking risks from flaws in web programming language

South China Morning Post Thursday 22 October 2026, 06:37 UTC By Simpson Cheung 1 min read

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A Hong Kong information security watchdog issued an “extremely high risk” warning on Thursday morning over two critical flaws in a widely used web programming language that could allow hackers to execute code remotely and take control of servers. The warning followed similar alerts from governments and cybersecurity agencies overseas, which urged website operators to install updates to fix the vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language. The Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team...

Hong Kong (LOCATION) PHP (ORG) The Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team (ORG)

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Hong Kong watchdog warns of hacking risks from flaws in web programming language

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