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Inaccessible sites, cyberattacks, fixes... The questions that arise 24 hours after the shutdown of part of the global Internet

I-CAD file intrusion and critical vulnerabilities in PHP language disrupt the web.

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The I-CAD file, listing animal owners, was subject to data theft via a partner account.
At the same time, two critical flaws in the PHP language forced several web services to go offline to protect themselves.

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I-CAD manages the national identification file for domestic carnivores in France. PHP is a widely used scripting language for web development.

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A new cyberattack affects the I-CAD file, which lists the owners of cats, dogs and ferrets

Data was stolen by the usurpation of a partner organization's account, leading to the extraction of cat owner data.

What is PHP, this computer language that has shaken up part of the global Internet?

Two critical flaws discovered in one of the essential cogs of the web have led many services to go offline.