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Belgian govt, hospital sites offline after PHP flaw triggers preventive shutdowns

A PHP security vulnerability has forced preventive shutdowns of multiple Belgian websites, including federal finance, Brussels and Ghent municipalities, and Antwerp hospitals. The outage persists into Thursday morning, indicating a coordinated response by the Belgian Cybersecurity Centre (CCB). The incident underscores the systemic risk of widely-used programming languages in critical public services.

Le Soirabout 1 hour agoBECredibility 24%View source

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Mosaic Score6.6
Model confidence0.7
Significance0.5
Source credibility0.2

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BrusselsGhentAntwerp
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