Why “UTC” is being discussed
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that's the point: it essentially shows (notice the --profile-flag) the work of 2 months making the exploit work reliably on every app-php/fpm-linux-combination. The only pu…
by fock · Oct 22, 2026
The official story is that it was originally scheduled for 14:00 UTC tomorrow. Then yesterday they decided to move the date forward by 24 hours in response to information about…
by bunderbunder · Oct 21, 2026
My understanding is the embargo was scheduled to end 14:00 UTC today, broken 07:41 UTC by Chainguard... It's now 22:00 UTC and AWS are talking about (some time) tomorrow.
by hayd · Oct 21, 2026
1792509635 | Tell HN: 2x PHP RCE CVEs with CVSS 10.0 Incoming | item?id=50167754 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50167754 | 0 comments 1792524843 | Upcomin…
by 1vuio0pswjnm7 · Oct 21, 2026
The one we're in right now, where we're waiting for vendors to rebuild the packages (I'm ass-blasted that the delay to 14:00 UTC wasn't for the vendors to build packages but see…
by bombcar · Oct 21, 2026
It's scheduled to release at 14:00 UTC so around an hour from now.
by freshpaint · Oct 21, 2026
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Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the primary time standard globally used to regulate clocks and time. It establishes a reference for the current time, forming the basis for civil time and time zones. UTC facilitates international communication, navigation, scientific research, and commerce. Read more on Wikipedia