Ahold sees no reason to link cyberattack to PHP vulnerabilities

Ahold Delhaize says it sees no reason to link a recent cyberattack to vulnerabilities discovered in PHP, the programming language used by many websites. The company has not said whether those vulnerabilities could prompt it to take its websites offline again.

“From what we can see at present, there is no reason to assume that,” a company spokesperson told ANP. Asked whether the PHP vulnerabilities might lead to websites being taken offline again, the spokesperson said it was all they could say for now, adding that Ahold would make an announcement if it had reason to do so.

Several organisations have temporarily taken their websites offline while waiting for PHP developers to release a patch to fix the vulnerabilities. The PHP Foundation has separately said it has seen no signs that previously identified PHP vulnerabilities are being actively exploited. Its statement does not address Ahold’s cyberattack.