Blue, civil, public and military emergency meeting over 'PHP vulnerability'... “Quick action as a team”

Checking the status of public, private, and defense PHP usage... ‘Review additional measures depending on the situation’

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Seol Seung-eun = With a critical security vulnerability discovered in PHP, a programming language widely used on websites around the world, the National Security Office held a civil, public, and military cyber security emergency meeting on the 22nd.

The meeting, chaired by Song Ki-ho, 3rd Deputy Director of the National Security Office, was held to oversee and coordinate each agency's response plan related to cyber threats based on security vulnerabilities in PHP.

At the meeting attended by director-level officials from the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Ministry of National Defense, and the National Intelligence Service, which are the civil, private, and military cyber crisis agencies, the status of PHP use and measures in each sector, including public, private, and national defense, were inspected and related vulnerabilities were discussed.

In addition, measures such as rapid application of security updates, temporary protection measures for websites where it is difficult to immediately install security updates, and inspection of traces of infringement were also examined.

The participating organizations agreed to closely cooperate by sharing security threat information and response status in real time, and the National Security Office plans to continuously check the status of measures and review additional measures necessary according to changes in the situation.

Song Ki-ho, 3rd deputy director of the National Security Office, said, "The vulnerability disclosed this time can take over servers without authentication, and attack attempts have already been reported overseas, so the extent of damage depends on how quickly actions are taken." He requested that the public, government, and military quickly complete the action as a 'one team.'