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Japanese banks and ministries pull websites offline over critical security flaws

Original: Banks, businesses and government ministries in Japan took websites offline for maintenance on Thursday after critical se

Banks, businesses and government ministries across Japan took websites offline for scheduled maintenance on Thursday after the disclosure of critical security flaws in a widely used programming language that powers roughly 70% of websites worldwide. Organisations rushed to patch servers, disrupting online banking and public services while engineers worked to close the vulnerabilities before they could be exploited.

Why now: The newly announced critical vulnerabilities affect most of the web, forcing organisations to urgently patch systems.

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• Banks, businesses and government ministries in Japan took websites offline for maintenance on Thursday after critical security flaws in the programming language used across 70% of sites worldwide were announced. https://www. japantimes.co.jp/business/2026… · thejapantimes · 4

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