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@rachel@norfolk.social 3 hr. ago

The BBC being absolutely on the button. Their Cyber correspondent had never even heard of php before? Really??? 🤦‍♀️

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ckgel5xp2xv9t

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Cyber correspondent Joe Tidy says he didn't know PHP existed until yesterday morning - it's "one of these things we take for granted", he says. — screenshot of the story linked in post showing a section saying: Cyber correspondent Joe Tidy says he didn't know PHP existed until yesterday morning - it's "one of these things we take for granted", he says.

PHP: Cyber-security issue hitting sites worldwide prompts 'millions' of hacking attempts - follow live

Internet infrastructure platform Cloudflare says it saw hacking attempts on its network spike after the vulnerability was exposed, but it's not clear if they were successful.

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@pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 2 hr. ago

@rachel many such cases

@Nickiquote@mstdn.social 2 hr. ago

@pikesley @rachel

Cartoon by Stephen Collins.

Massive Independence Day type flying saucer over London.

Michael Gove:Prime Minister?

David Cameron: yes?

Gove: Let me do it.

Cameron: For God's sake, Michael, you're the Education Secretary! You've never flowna fighter plane in your life!

Gove: But I know I could do it, David, I could fly a fighter plane into the bigs space ship… and shoot all the aliens.

Cameron: But you have no military training!

Gove: David, I haven’t told you this but… I used to be a journalist … for the Times

Cameron appears surprised.

Gove: I wrote two articles about planes, David. I've got
strong opinions about aliens. I know l can do this job.

(And so)

A small plane flies ineffectually and erratically and gets however near the flying saucer, over two panels — Cartoon by Stephen Collins. Massive Independence Day type flying saucer over London. Michael Gove:Prime Minister? David Cameron: yes? Gove: Let me do it. Cameron: For God's sake, Michael, you're the Education Secretary! You've never flowna fighter plane in your life! Gove: But I know I could do it, David, I could fly a fighter plane into the bigs space ship… and shoot all the aliens. Cameron: But you have no military training! Gove: David, I haven’t told you this but… I used to be a journalist … for the Times Cameron appears surprised. Gove: I wrote two articles about planes, David. I've got strong opinions about aliens. I know l can do this job. (And so) A small plane flies ineffectually and erratically and gets however near the flying saucer, over two panels