Several government websites were taken down due to a serious security risk

Hungary's government websites, including magyarorszag.hu, were temporarily shut down due to a critical security vulnerability discovered in PHP. Minister Zoltán Tanács announced the precautionary measure, advising immediate updates to mitigate risks. The National Cybersecurity Institute issued a severe alert on October 21, prompting the shutdown of affected services. The downtime for magyarorszag.hu is expected to last around 48 hours while vulnerabilities are addressed. Experts have not found evidence of attacks yet, but they urge businesses to check their sites for vulnerabilities. The PHP programming language, used by about 70% of websites, has been identified with serious security flaws, leading to widespread precautionary shutdowns, including Wikipedia. PHP developers have released updates to fix these issues, which must be implemented by website operators to ensure security.