Ex-exec at Musk’s firm says 'turn off internet' after PHP issue

Nikita Bier, former head of product at Elon Musk-owned X, reacted to the PHP2Shell incident involving two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in PHP, which underpins roughly 70% of websites. "It’s time to turn off the internet," Bier suggested. PHP powers WordPress, which supports about 40% of websites, including blogs, business pages, government portals, online shops and news sites.