The city website, the council information system and the job portal in Halberstadt are temporarily unreachable after a BSI warning about PHP, and the city says no cyberattack is linked to the move.
Merseburg restricted its online offering on Wednesday afternoon, 21 October, on the recommendation of its IT service provider, and said it was working on a solution.
Updates were announced for 16:00 on Wednesday, 21 October, after which systems are to be checked and restored step by step, with no end date given in the reports.
Halberstadt, a town in the Harz district, has taken its city website, its council information system and its job portal offline for the time being. The city says it switched them off as a precaution after a security warning from the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) about vulnerabilities in PHP, a widely used programming language. The city stressed that the move is not linked to a cyberattack.
Merseburg also restricted its online offering on Wednesday afternoon, 21 October. The city said it was working on a solution and had taken the step on the recommendation of its IT service provider, announcing it on Instagram.
The flaws affect several versions of PHP. Halberstadt's administration said attacks on affected servers cannot be ruled out. Security updates were announced for Wednesday, 21 October, at 16:00, after which the systems are to be checked and gradually brought back into operation.
It was initially unclear how long the restrictions would last. Halberstadt is posting updates on its social media channels, including Instagram and WhatsApp, and its administration remains reachable by phone and in person.
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Halberstadt and Merseburg, both in Saxony-Anhalt, have restricted several online services as a precaution after a BSI warning about PHP vulnerabilities. Security updates were scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, and it was initially unclear how long the restrictions would last.
AI text based on reports by DIE WELT, Süddeutsche Zeitung and N-tv. Published .