# Fact: Roughly 70% of the Internet is affected

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# Roughly 70% of the Internet is affected

**Who says it:** Wiz (headline, X post); BBC attributing Wiz · **Sources:** [Wiz](../../sources/wiz-blog-php2shell/index.html) [Wiz on X](../../sources/x-wiz-io-php2shell/index.html) [BBC News](../../sources/bbc-live-ckgel5xp2xv9t/index.html)

The BBC was 'unable to independently verify that figure'. Wiz's body text says 70% of websites and cites no measurement.

## Fact-check

**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](../../sources/wiz-blog-php2shell/index.html) | partial | *PHP2Shell: AI uncovers critical RCE vulnerabilities affecting 70% of the Internet* | e3568b6f88c93f6b |
| [wiz-blog-php2shell](../../sources/wiz-blog-php2shell/index.html) | partial | *a popular general-purpose scripting language that powers 70% of all websites in the world.* | e3568b6f88c93f6b |
| [x-wiz-io-php2shell](../../sources/x-wiz-io-php2shell/index.html) | partial | *a decade-old PHP Core vulnerability reaching CVSS 9.2 severity impacting 70% of the Internet.* | 6c17977662815b0c |
| [bbc-live-ckgel5xp2xv9t](../../sources/bbc-live-ckgel5xp2xv9t/index.html) | 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](../../factcheck/index.html#Contradiction-1), [Finding-102](../../factcheck/index.html#Finding-102), [Finding-124](../../factcheck/index.html#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](../../factcheck/index.html#ladder).

## This fact over time
- 2026-10-21Wiz publishes [PHP2Shell: AI uncovers critical RCE vulnerabilities affecting 70% of the Internet](../../sources/wiz-blog-php2shell/index.html)
- 2026-10-21 13:32 UTCWiz on X publishes [Wiz on X: BREAKING ... #PHP2SHELL ... impacting 70% of the Internet](../../sources/x-wiz-io-php2shell/index.html)
- 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
- 2026-10-22 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)

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

In the briefings for:
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And on [every claim](../../claims/index.html#scale-70pc-internet).

## Every version of this fact
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
```


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