‘I have not seen anything like this in a long, long time,’ Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella as companies, governments rush to patch PHP flaws

As global corporations and government agencies scrambled to patch critical, newly uncovered vulnerabilities in PHP – the foundational programming language that powers a majority of the worldwide web – top technology executives, including Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, reacted to the unfolding crisis during an industry event in Germany this week. This comment came as security firms recorded millions of automated exploitation attempts within hours of the bug’s public disclosure.

“I’ve not seen anything like this in a long, long time.