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The Vulnerability Apocalypse and Why We Should Fund Open Source

Cooper Quintin
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The Vulnerability Apocalypse and Why We Should Fund Open Source

If you use the internet at all, you may have noticed that a large percentage of sites suddenly went down earlier this week—and all your nerdiest friends were talking about "The Vulnerability Apocalypse” and this thing called PHP that powers nearly 70% of the websites on the internet. You may find yourself wondering: what is PHP, what just happened, what is the vulnerability apocalypse, and what do I need to do?   To find out what you can personally do read the first blog post in this series!   What Is PHP?   PHP is a programming language used mainly to create interactive websites. Facebook, Wordpress, Wikipedia, Etsy, and other major sites all use or were originally built on PHP. It is a long-established mainstay of web...

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