Website owners faced millions of attempts to exploit(利用（漏洞）) a serious security vulnerability(漏洞；脆弱性) in their programming language, it has emerged(据披露), triggering a rush by governments and businesses(引发政府和企业的抢修潮) to fix the problem.
据披露，网站所有者遭遇了数百万次利用其编程语言中一个严重安全漏洞的攻击尝试，各国政府和企业随即争分夺秒地着手修复。
The newly discovered vulnerabilities in PHP, a programming language that underpins most websites, allows hackers to carry out cyber-attacks and steal data if not fixed.(PHP 中这些新发现的漏洞若不修复，会让黑客得以发动网络攻击并窃取数据。) What were the vulnerabilities and why did they affect so many sites?
PHP 是一种支撑着大多数网站的编程语言，此次新发现的漏洞若不修复，就会让黑客得以发动网络攻击、窃取数据。这些漏洞究竟是什么？又为何会波及如此多的网站？
What is PHP?
什么是 PHP？
PHP is an open-source(开源的) scripting language(脚本语言) that is more than 30 years old and used across much of the internet. Content management systems and publishing template systems such as Wordpress are built on PHP.
PHP 是一门开源脚本语言，已有三十多年历史，互联网上大部分地方都在使用它。WordPress 等内容管理系统和发布模板系统都构建在 PHP 之上。
What is the vulnerability?
这个漏洞是什么？
How was it discovered?
这个漏洞是如何被发现的？
How bad is it?
情况有多严重？
How long will it take to fix?
修复需要多长时间？
Did someone leak the vulnerability and break the embargo?
是否有人泄露了漏洞、违反了封锁约定？
Is AI making the internet more vulnerable to these sorts of issues?
人工智能是否让互联网更容易出现这类问题？