From The Boston Globe · · 50s
AI Finds PHP Vulnerability, Sites Go Dark
AI discovers critical PHP flaw, forcing websites offline globally.
In brief
AI discovers critical PHP flaw, forcing websites offline globally. AI found a security flaw in PHP, causing temporary website outages for governments and organizations worldwide. Originally reported by The Boston Globe.
AI discovers PHP flaw
AI agents found critical vulnerabilities in PHP, a programming language powering 70 percent of websites.
“php powers roughly 70 percent of websites where the server-side programming language is known”
Websites go dark globally
Governments and organizations in Europe and the US took websites offline temporarily to fix security flaws.
“the website of the finnish government was only partly available wednesday”
FBI warns of risks
FBI’s cyber division warned malicious actors could remotely execute code in php, risking sensitive data compromise.
“the vulnerabilities could allow malicious actors to remotely execute code in the programming language”
PHP fixes released
PHP Foundation released security updates and instructions for organizations to patch affected systems.
“the php foundation had released fixes for the vulnerabilities along with instructions on how to update systems”
AI's role in security
OpenAI said ai found the vulnerabilities before attackers, highlighting ai's dual role in discovering and exploiting security flaws.
“ai appeared to find the vulnerabilities before any attackers did”
The one thing
AI found a security flaw in PHP, causing temporary website outages for governments and organizations worldwide.
