The websites of the North Korean government and state media remained offline for 24 hours following the disclosure of a major PHP vulnerability in a language powering about 70% of the world’s websites. The flaw allows remote code execution and prompted companies and governments across several countries, including the Netherlands, France, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, Australia, and North Korea, to shut down or suspend their websites while fixing it. Cloudflare recorded thousands of exploitation attempts in the 10 hours before the announcement, tens of thousands within 45 minutes, hundreds of thousands within two hours, and millions afterward. Binance, MEXC, and Trust Wallet said they had implemented safeguards or do not use PHP, while MEXC’s third-party providers completed the necessary fixes.
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