Tokyo, Oct. 21 -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday urged organisations to check if their public websites were using PHP, a programming language that runs websites, as their developers released emergency security updates to fix critical cybersecurity flaws.

The warning comes amid major websites worldwide, including in the US and Europe, going offline as operators race to protect systems from hackers.

In a post on X, PM Takaichi wrote,"We have an urgent request for everyone to take action tonight. Regarding PHP, which is used on many websites, the PHP security team has issued a warning about two critical vulnerabilities. Please check if your publicly available websites use PHP, and prepare to apply the fix patch that wi...