Banks and government agencies take websites offline over PHP security flaws

Nepal Rastra Bank has urged financial institutions, payment operators and remittance companies to strengthen their defences after serious vulnerabilities were found in PHP, a programming language widely used to run websites.

Banks, financial institutions, the Employees Provident Fund, the Social Security Fund and other government agencies have taken their websites offline as a precaution after serious security flaws were discovered in PHP, a widely used programming language.