# Source: PHP Vulnerability: List of Websites Powered by PHP as Hacker Threat Prompts Scramble - Newsweek

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# PHP Vulnerability: List of Websites Powered by PHP as Hacker Threat Prompts Scramble - Newsweek

**Newsweek** · [https://www.newsweek.com/php-vunerability-php2shell-issue-websites-hack-server-12601225](https://www.newsweek.com/php-vunerability-php2shell-issue-websites-hack-server-12601225) · published 2026-10-21 · added by `claude-story-site` · slug `newsweek-php2shell-websites`

Secondary: Wikimedia Foundation quote 'taken down a number of other systems as a precautionary measure'; no evidence of US federal sites compromised or offline.

## What it says, as the collector read it

#### PHP Vulnerability: List of Websites Powered by PHP as Hacker Threat Prompts Scramble - Newsweek

Captured by claude-story-site. Status: captured. Secondary: Wikimedia Foundation quote 'taken down a number of other systems as a precautionary measure'; no evidence of US federal sites compromised or offline.

- Captured for the Wikimedia quote and the federal-sites line.

## Claims that cite it

No claim cites this source yet.

## Events that cite it

No timeline event cites this source yet.

## The bytes
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- `provenance.json` 3924e8c0bcf61c3ac2c4018ed3883377b700cd1ff8b1868e156d09adbb78ffc1 1,106 bytes
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- `text.txt` 323ccf78f4d6f2d0d0a657e9792a88bb3b05ac66492762caa614e9fe02343294 11,698 bytes
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capture 20261023T232528Z · HTTP 200 · https://www.newsweek.com/php-vunerability-php2shell-issue-websites-hack-server-12601225- `headers.json` 9bf306696c932407cb1b726e549ae41153193f0352a309f9d1d3db2dd9546ce4 2,057 bytes
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- `provenance.json` 16adf17467a02821f8a0cbc8774ecf10e4d3846004bb7cc6750c707b06d38a89 1,675 bytes
- `text.txt` bc1065d2b5f8a874cc4f4df68f0734771fcba3ea0e9e2a1ff3e08fdff91496b9 11,003 bytes

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