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Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson · Friday, October 23, 2026

NSA Advises Immediate Updates or Offline Action for Systems Running Vulnerable PHP

The NSA issued an alert advising organizations using PHP for their systems to prepare for updates or take systems offline to address two critical vulnerabilities. Andrew Sharp and Ben Thompson discuss the severe cybersecurity risks these flaws pose to millions of websites running older PHP versions.

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“Effective immediately for their systems. Oh, by the way, did you see the thing about the elliptical... There's another NSA story this week that is actually super interesting.”
Ben Thompson
“It is recommended that organizations take the system offline until it can be fully mitigated. NSA will follow up shortly with more specific guidance.”
Andrew Sharp
Heard on Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson — “Netflix Angst, The End of the Internet, Q&A on Meta’s VR Glasses, Anthropic Alignment, You Can See Everything”, published Friday, October 23, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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