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Fact · scale · unverified
Roughly 70% of the Internet is affected
The BBC was 'unable to independently verify that figure'. Wiz's body text says 70% of websites and cites no measurement.
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A1 Weak signal●○○○○○ measures differently · Count · verdict: holds in part
Wiz's own headline and X post carry '70% of the Internet', but the body of the same post gives the basis as PHP powering '70% of all websites', a share of websites using PHP with no measurement of what is affected. A count with no population, method or counter for 'affected' stays weak; the status 'unverified' fits.
| Capture checked | Result | What it says | sha256 of the text read |
|---|---|---|---|
| wiz-blog-php2shell | partial | PHP2Shell: AI uncovers critical RCE vulnerabilities affecting 70% of the Internet | e3568b6f88c93f6b |
| wiz-blog-php2shell | partial | a popular general-purpose scripting language that powers 70% of all websites in the world. | e3568b6f88c93f6b |
| x-wiz-io-php2shell | partial | a decade-old PHP Core vulnerability reaching CVSS 9.2 severity impacting 70% of the Internet. | 6c17977662815b0c |
| bbc-live-ckgel5xp2xv9t | partial | with cyber-security firm Wiz estimating that "roughly 70%" of the internet is affected, though the BBC is unable to independently verify that figure. | c88b8c5f4c6bc07d |
Open tickets: Contradiction-1, Finding-102, Finding-124.
Graded in Run-1, resting on captures up to 2026-10-22 08:16 UTC. The scale is on the fact-check page.
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- 2026-10-21Wiz publishes PHP2Shell: AI uncovers critical RCE vulnerabilities affecting 70% of the Internet
- 2026-10-21 13:32 UTCWiz on X publishes Wiz on X: BREAKING ... #PHP2SHELL ... impacting 70% of the Internet
- 2026-10-22 06:16 UTCBBC News publishes PHP: Global scramble to fix critical cyber-security flaws as many websites taken offline - follow live
- 2026-10-22 08:04 UTCSaved into the evidence vault: BBC News, then 2 more captures
- 2026-10-22 08:10 UTCSaved into the evidence vault: Wiz
- 2026-10-22 08:16 UTCSaved into the evidence vault: Wiz on X
- 2026-10-22Enters this site as unverified in v0.1.0 (reconstructed from git)
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v1 · site v0.1.0 · 22 October 2026 · unverified
Roughly 70% of the Internet is affected Who says it: Wiz (headline, X post); BBC attributing Wiz Status: unverified Topic: scale Sources: wiz-blog-php2shell, x-wiz-io-php2shell, bbc-live-ckgel5xp2xv9t