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DEVELOPING · 21 OCT → 31 OCT 2026 · 11 EDITIONS · 67 OUTLETS

Critical PHP flaws prompt governments and businesses to take websites offline

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 33 67 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Oct 21 Oct 18:25 UTC · PHP releases emergency patches for two critical remote-code flaws 22 Oct 00:14 UTC · Emergency PHP patches issued as critical flaws prompt global website shutdowns 22 Oct 06:10 UTC · PHP releases emergency patches as governments take websites offline 22 Oct 12:11 UTC · Governments and companies rush to patch critical PHP flaws 22 Oct 18:11 UTC · Governments take websites offline as critical PHP flaws prompt urgent patching 23 Oct 14:14 UTC · Governments take websites offline as critical PHP flaws trigger global patching effort 23 Oct 18:13 UTC · Governments take websites offline as critical PHP flaws prompt global patching effort 25 Oct 06:14 UTC · Governments take websites offline after critical PHP flaws disclosed 26 Oct 00:18 UTC · Critical PHP flaws prompt governments and businesses to take websites offline

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 9 HEADLINES

  1. 21 Oct, 18:25 UTC

    PHP releases emergency patches for two critical remote-code flaws

  2. 22 Oct, 00:14 UTC

    Emergency PHP patches issued as critical flaws prompt global website shutdowns

  3. 22 Oct, 06:10 UTC

    PHP releases emergency patches as governments take websites offline

  4. 22 Oct, 12:11 UTC

    Governments and companies rush to patch critical PHP flaws

  5. 22 Oct, 18:11 UTC

    Governments take websites offline as critical PHP flaws prompt urgent patching

  6. 23 Oct, 14:14 UTC

    Governments take websites offline as critical PHP flaws trigger global patching effort

  7. 23 Oct, 18:13 UTC

    Governments take websites offline as critical PHP flaws prompt global patching effort

  8. 25 Oct, 06:14 UTC

    Governments take websites offline after critical PHP flaws disclosed

  9. 26 Oct, 00:18 UTC

    Critical PHP flaws prompt governments and businesses to take websites offline

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Wiz Atlas · 3 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Wikimedia Foundation · from 23 Oct 14:02, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • all websites: 70% (3 from 21 Oct 18:15) → 69.3% (1 from 21 Oct 20:36) → 40% (1 from 22 Oct 12:00)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.