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70% of the Internet is affected

Who says it: Wiz (headline, X post); the BBC, which reports it as Wiz's 'roughly 70%' · Sources: Wiz Wiz on X BBC News

The BBC was 'unable to independently verify that figure'. Wiz's body text says 70% of websites and cites no measurement.

Fact-check

A1 Weak signal measures differently · Count · verdict: not shown

Reworded to Wiz's own words, with the BBC's 'roughly' attributed to the BBC (Finding-102 and Finding-124 fixed). As a statement of fact it is not shown: no capture measures a share of 'the Internet'; it is Wiz's headline restating a share of websites (K-001). 'Unverified' fits.

Capture checkedResultWhat it sayssha256 of the text read
wiz-blog-php2shellpartialPHP2Shell: AI uncovers critical RCE vulnerabilities affecting 70% of the Internete3568b6f88c93f6b
wiz-blog-php2shellpartiala popular general-purpose scripting language that powers 70% of all websites in the world.e3568b6f88c93f6b
x-wiz-io-php2shellpartiala decade-old PHP Core vulnerability reaching CVSS 9.2 severity impacting 70% of the Internet.6c17977662815b0c
bbc-live-ckgel5xp2xv9tpartialwith cyber-security firm Wiz estimating that "roughly 70%" of the internet is affected, though the BBC is unable to independently verify that figure.c88b8c5f4c6bc07d

Open tickets: Contradiction-1, Evidence-13, Evidence-14, Evidence-15, Finding-102, Finding-124.

Graded in Run-3, resting on captures up to 2026-10-22 08:16 UTC. The scale is on the fact-check page.

This fact over time

  1. 2026-10-21Wiz publishes PHP2Shell: AI uncovers critical RCE vulnerabilities affecting 70% of the Internet
  2. 2026-10-21 13:32 UTCWiz on X publishes Wiz on X: BREAKING ... #PHP2SHELL ... impacting 70% of the Internet
  3. 2026-10-22 06:16 UTCBBC News publishes PHP: Global scramble to fix critical cyber-security flaws as many websites taken offline - follow live
  4. 2026-10-22 08:04 UTCSaved into the evidence vault: BBC News, then 2 more captures
  5. 2026-10-22 08:10 UTCSaved into the evidence vault: Wiz, then 1 more capture
  6. 2026-10-22 08:16 UTCSaved into the evidence vault: Wiz on X
  7. 2026-10-22Enters this site as unverified in v0.1.0 (reconstructed from git)
  8. 2026-10-24Reworded or re-sourced in v0.12.1

Published: when the source says it was published. Saved: the first capture into the evidence vault. The rest are this site: the release in which the fact first appeared and every release that changed its wording, sources or status.

What it rests on

PHP2Shell: AI uncovers critical RCE vulnerabilities affect…Wiz on X: BREAKING ... #PHP2SHELL ... impacting 70% of the…PHP: Global scramble to fix critical cyber-security flaws …fact scale-70pc-internet

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Every version of this fact

v1 · site v0.1.0 · 22 October 2026 · unverified
Roughly 70% of the Internet is affected
Who says it: Wiz (headline, X post); BBC attributing Wiz
Status: unverified
Topic: scale
Sources: wiz-blog-php2shell, x-wiz-io-php2shell, bbc-live-ckgel5xp2xv9t
v2 · site v0.12.1 · 24 October 2026 · unverified
Roughly 70% of the Internet is affected
Who says it: Wiz (headline, X post); BBCthe attributingBBC, Wizwhich reports it as Wiz's 'roughly 70%'
Status: unverified
Topic: scale
Sources: wiz-blog-php2shell, x-wiz-io-php2shell, bbc-live-ckgel5xp2xv9t