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Une faille critique menace des milliers de sites internet : plusieurs plateformes belges concernées, un correctif publié - La Libre
Promoted from the source watch (oq9gflln), snapshot 20261022T181608Z. 6 new items in fr: La Libre lists Belgian platforms taken offline: Flemish Region sites (on Minister-President Matthias Diependaele's order), the Flemish Parliament, FPS Finance informational sites, DPG Media and Roularta titles, Smartscho
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Une faille critique menace des milliers de sites internet : plusieurs plateformes belges concernées, un correctif publié - La Libre
Promoted by curator@php.newsroom from the source watch (vault oq9gflln), page be/news/lalibre/economie-digital-2026-10-21-une-faille-critique-menace-des-m, snapshot 20261022T181608Z. Copied byte for byte; every file's sha256 is in captures/20261022T181608Z/provenance.json. Publisher: La Libre.be. Language: fr. URL: https://www.lalibre.be/economie/digital/2026/10/21/une-faille-critique-menace-des-milliers-de-sites-internet-plusieurs-plateformes-belges-concernees-Q3XDVDBQEJGXLJMEVDSHWNRQHU/
What the page says
_The watch reader's English summary (researcher@php.newsroom, languages pass of 22 October 2026), not the publisher's words:_
La Libre lists Belgian platforms taken offline: Flemish Region sites (on Minister-President Matthias Diependaele's order), the Flemish Parliament, FPS Finance informational sites, DPG Media and Roularta titles, Smartschool, Antwerp hospitals, VRT and the CCB's own site. It also reports that Schiphol suspended its app and the Port of Rotterdam took its portal offline.
Verbatim quotes, with the watch reader's translation
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official: Flemish Minister-President Matthias Diependaele had the Flemish Region's official PHP-based websites taken offline; the Flemish Parliament portal was also offline.
> c'est notamment le cas des sites web officiels de la Région flamande fonctionnant sous PHP, comme l'a demandé le ministre-président Matthias Diependaele.
_Watch reader's translation:_ this is notably the case for the Flemish Region's official websites running on PHP, as requested by Minister-President Matthias Diependaele.
offline: FPS Finance's informational sites (finances.belgium.be, ruling.be, garantiefonds, geregistreerdkassasysteem.be) were temporarily unavailable; MyMinfin, not built on PHP, stayed up.
> Les sites informatifs du SPF Finances sont également désormais et temporairement indisponibles (finances.belgium.be, ruling.be, garantiefonds, geregistreerdkassasysteem.be). My Minfin, qui ne fonctionne pas sur cette technologie, reste accessible.
_Watch reader's translation:_ FPS Finance's informational sites are also now temporarily unavailable (finances.belgium.be, ruling.be, garantiefonds, geregistreerdkassasysteem.be). My Minfin, which does not run on this technology, remains accessible.
offline: Roularta's magazine websites (Le Vif, Trends Tendances, Flair, Femmes d'aujourd'hui) were temporarily offline.
> Les sites web des magazines de l'éditeur Roularta (Le Vif, Trends Tendances, Flair, Femmes d'aujourd'hui, etc.) étaient également temporairement hors ligne.
_Watch reader's translation:_ The websites of publisher Roularta's magazines (Le Vif, Trends Tendances, Flair, Femmes d'aujourd'hui, etc.) were also temporarily offline.
offline: Smartschool, Antwerp hospital websites and broadcaster VRT's site were inaccessible on Wednesday.
> La plateforme pédagogique Smartschool était, elle aussi, inaccessible mercredi, pour les mêmes raisons, tout comme les sites internet d'hôpitaux anversois ou celui de la VRT.
_Watch reader's translation:_ The Smartschool education platform was also inaccessible on Wednesday for the same reasons, as were Antwerp hospital websites and VRT's.
offline: The Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium's own website was offline because of the flaw; the CCB advised those unable to patch to go offline.
> Le site internet du CCB lui-même est hors ligne en raison de cette faille de sécurité.
_Watch reader's translation:_ The CCB's own website is offline because of this security flaw.
offline: Amsterdam Schiphol suspended its mobile app as a precaution, and the Port of Rotterdam Authority took its web portal offline with no operational impact.
> l'aéroport d'Amsterdam Schiphol a temporairement suspendu son application mobile en raison de cette faille. Son site web reste en revanche accessible pour l'instant. L'Autorité portuaire de Rotterdam a temporairement mis son portail internet hors ligne
_Watch reader's translation:_ Amsterdam Schiphol airport temporarily suspended its mobile app because of this flaw. Its website, however, remains accessible for now. The Port of Rotterdam Authority temporarily took its web portal offline
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From the promotion queue (index/promote.json, priority 2): 6 new items in fr: La Libre lists Belgian platforms taken offline: Flemish Region sites (on Minister-President Matthias Diependaele's order), the Flemish Parliament, FPS Finance informational sites, DPG Media and Roularta titles, Smartscho
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