Critical Flaw Hits Australian Government, Intelligence Websites Amid Global Alert
The Australian Signals Directorate, the peak intelligence body intercepting cybersecurity threats, said its website had been affected.
TL;DR
- Australian government websites, including the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), were affected by a critical programming language flaw.
- This issue is part of a global fault that hackers could potentially exploit.
- The vulnerability affects software used by a significant portion of the internet.
- Government websites in Europe and Asia went offline, and U.S. departments took precautions.
- The flaw is in the widely used programming language called PHP.