{
  "question": "Was today an internet outage?",
  "url": "https://was.today/an-internet-outage",
  "verdict": "no",
  "headline": "NO",
  "answer": "No — the internet is up; this week's PHP-patch website takedowns ran Wednesday to Friday, not Saturday.",
  "details": [
    "PHP flaw disclosed Oct 21 pulled government sites offline worldwide",
    "Cloudflare logged a North American connectivity incident Oct 23 at 15:47 UTC",
    "About 75% of identified websites run on PHP"
  ],
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      "url": "https://www.canal10.com.ni/noticia/falla-de-ciberseguridad-provoca-la-caida-simultanea-de-sitios-web-y-afecta-a-medios-de-todo-el-mundo/?source=Internal&ref=Single+Same+Category"
    },
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      "title": "Windows Forum",
      "url": "https://windowsforum.com/news/us-app-outage-reports-spike-as-cloudflare-logs-north-american-network-incident.449777/"
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    {
      "title": "O POVO",
      "url": "https://www.opovo.com.br/noticias/mundo/2026/10/24/falha-de-seguranca-revelada-por-ia-provoca-quotapagao-quot-em-sites-ao-redor-do-mundo.html"
    },
    {
      "title": "17173",
      "url": "https://news.17173.com/content/10242026/011304153.shtml"
    },
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      "title": "The Star",
      "url": "https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2026/10/24/firms-data-shows-internet-hit-by-ddos-cyberattack"
    },
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      "title": "NBC Bay Area",
      "url": "https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/cut-cables-disrupt-oakland-911-how-could-it-happen/4163702/?partner=nbcnews"
    },
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      "title": "outage.com",
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  "date": "2026-10-24",
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  "generatedAt": "2026-10-24T06:37:36.665Z"
}