Did the Hackers Get There First? #php #cybersecurity #hacking

They knew about the security flaw for weeks, so why weren’t we told? The PHP vulnerability that’s causing chaos across the internet was actually reported to developers back in August.

But here’s what’s just emerged. Amazon says it found evidence that hackers were exploiting it as early as 17 October, four days before the emergency patches were released. And Cloudflare now says it’s seen millions of attempted attacks.

Now, there’s a reason security researchers keep vulnerabilities confidential while fixes are developed. But here’s the problem.

Ask your hosting provider whether they’ve checked for suspicious activity going back to 17 October. Because the real question isn’t just whether you’re protected now.