# Fact: Something like 30 million websites could be affected

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# Something like 30 million websites could be affected

**Who says it:** Alan Woodward, via the BBC · **Sources:** [BBC News](../../sources/bbc-live-ckgel5xp2xv9t/index.html)

No basis given.

## Fact-check

**A2** Reported●●○○○○ · Count · verdict: **holds**

The BBC capture carries Alan Woodward's words 'something like 30 million websites' (from Radio 4's Today). One named party, relayed by one outlet, with no population, method or counter, so A2; 'reported' fits.

| Capture checked | Result | What it says | sha256 of the text read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [bbc-live-ckgel5xp2xv9t](../../sources/bbc-live-ckgel5xp2xv9t/index.html) | carries | *Referencing the "serious" scale of it, he says it could affect "something like 30 million websites".* | c88b8c5f4c6bc07d |

Open tickets: [Finding-101](../../factcheck/index.html#Finding-101).

Graded in Run-1, resting on captures up to 2026-10-22 08:05 UTC. The scale is on [the fact-check page](../../factcheck/index.html#ladder).

## This fact over time
- 2026-10-22 06:16 UTCBBC News publishes [PHP: Global scramble to fix critical cyber-security flaws as many websites taken offline - follow live](../../sources/bbc-live-ckgel5xp2xv9t/index.html)
- 2026-10-22 08:04 UTCSaved into the evidence vault: BBC News, then 2 more captures
- 2026-10-22Enters this site as reported in v0.1.0 (reconstructed from git)

Published: when the source says it was published. Saved: the first capture into the evidence vault. The rest are this site: the release in which the fact first appeared and every release that changed its wording, sources or status.

## What it rests on

## Where this fact appears

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And on [every claim](../../claims/index.html#scale-30m).

## Every version of this fact
v1 · site v0.1.0 · 22 October 2026 · reported
```
Something like 30 million websites could be affected
Who says it: Alan Woodward, via the BBC
Status: reported
Topic: scale
Sources: bbc-live-ckgel5xp2xv9t
```


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