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Harvard FAS Research Computing web services shut down for PHP remediation

Summary

Harvard FAS Research Computing took several PHP-based web services offline on October 21, 2026, following critical vulnerability disclosures. Its incident-specific status record identified a partial outage affecting virtual infrastructure in Boston and Holyoke and marked the FASRC websites incident resolved on October 27 at 4:10 p.m. Eastern time. The notice does not establish successful exploitation or data compromise.

Key facts

Added to watchlist
Oct 26, 2026
Incident start
Oct 21, 2026
Incident end
Oct 27, 2026
Left watchlist
Oct 27, 2026

Watchlist history

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    resolved

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