PHP crisis takes down Wikipedia, Orange sites and 32 UK government services

A critical PHP vulnerability has forced dozens of major sites offline while patches roll out. Wikimedia temporarily took Wikipedia and supporting services down, Orange suspended PHP-based sites across dozens of countries, and 32 UK government services remain offline.

• Wikimedia took Wikipedia, Toolforge and Cloud VPS offline to patch
• Orange suspended PHP-based sites and apps in dozens of countries
• 32 UK government services are offline, local council sites affected
• Internet Archive, 4chan, OpenStreetMap, Asana and Duolingo also hit