Researchers found common points of failure, like software used to organize and display web content, could have allowed hackers to run riot through government websites.
Robert Kruczek and Kamil Szczurowski, Polish security researchers, decided to scan their country’s web space for patriotism and the desire to make it safer for everyone. They presented it at the DEF CON conference in Las Vegas on August 7, 2026. The result was more serious than they expected: more than 10,000 public entities with active security failures, 250,000 websites with vulnerabilities, including airports, hospitals and government offices…