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Radio 4,21 Oct 2026,45 mins

Cyber-security warning: fix websites or take them down

The World Tonight

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Governments and cyber-security agencies around the world are urging online companies to fix flaws in their programming language, or take down their websites. We speak to a technology expert who explains how worried we should be. Also in the programme, a 74-year-old American man is released from a Russian penal colony. We hear from the lawyer for Stephen Hubbard. And we take you to the rainforests of Cameroon, where a British music group have been recording the voices and instruments of the people who live in Baka. (Photo: Hard disk drives at the computer server, as cyber agencies warn that websites may be taken offline while PHP prepares a critical fix, in Berlin, Germany, October 21, 2026. Credit: REUTERS)

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