Websites around the world have been hit by millions of attempts to exploit(利用（漏洞）) a recently discovered vulnerability(漏洞；脆弱性) in their code, cybersecurity companies have said, as the US warned the flaw could allow attackers to take control of(控制) web servers, steal data and disrupt(破坏；扰乱) services.
网络安全公司表示，全球各地的网站已遭到数百万次尝试利用其代码中新近发现的漏洞的攻击。美国警告称，该漏洞可能让攻击者控制网络服务器、窃取数据并破坏服务。
The problem in the PHP programming language, which underpins about 70% of the world’s websites, emerged on Wednesday causing governments and companies to pull their websites off the internet before they could be attacked and so they could patch the fault.(PHP编程语言的问题于周三曝光，该语言支撑着全球约70%的网站，导致各国政府和企业纷纷将网站下线，以免遭到攻击，并以便安装补丁修复故障。)
PHP编程语言的问题于周三曝光，该语言支撑着全球约70%的网站，导致各国政府和企业纷纷将网站下线，以免遭到攻击，并以便安装补丁修复故障。
In the UK, 32 government services had been taken offline, the cybersecurity minister, Liz Lloyd, told parliament. She said this “largely resulted from precautionary(预防性的) measures” while updates were applied. Downing Street said no public-facing(面向公众的) critical services had been affected and “some limited services may be temporarily offline” but this did not mean they had been hack(黑客攻击；非法入侵)ed.
在英国，网络安全大臣利兹·劳埃德向议会表示，已有32项政府服务下线。她称这“主要是预防性措施”所致，同时更新正在应用。唐宁街表示，没有面向公众的关键服务受到影响，“一些有限的服务可能暂时下线”，但这并不意味着它们遭到了黑客攻击。