German Websites Stay Disrupted by Critical PHP Flaw as Berlin.de Remains Only Partly Accessible
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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Oct 22
German Websites Stay Disrupted by Critical PHP Flaw as Berlin.de Remains Only Partly Accessible
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Oct 22
Summary
Government portals, hospitals and universities across Germany were still disrupted Thursday, with Berlin.de only partly accessible even as some state services and the Berlin S-Bahn's websites returned.
The outages followed precautionary shutdowns after a critical flaw was found in PHP, a widely used server-side language that powers sites including WordPress-based services.
Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and Thuringia had many services back online by Thursday morning, while several police portals in North Rhine-Westphalia were restored but other major sites there stayed inaccessible.
Germany's BSI urged operators to install patches quickly, warning the server-side bug poses a significant threat; users need take no immediate action but could still face service disruptions or data leaks.