AI-discovered PHP flaws cause global website outages

At a glance

Artificial intelligence helped uncover two critical vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language.1 2
The security flaws caused widespread disruptions and website outages across the internet.2 3

Researchers used artificial intelligence to discover two critical security flaws in PHP, a programming language that powers a vast portion of the web.1 2

These vulnerabilities are considered some of the most significant cybersecurity discoveries made using AI.1 3

The bugs triggered widespread disruptions and forced websites offline worldwide.2 3

Where sources agree

Critical vulnerabilities found in PHP using AI3 of 3
Widespread website outages and disruptions3 of 3

Who covered this

2 National1 International

Sources

1AxiosAI uncovers massive flaw in web's foundational code ↗
2The VergePHP: The three letters that shut down sites all over the internet today ↗
3BBC NewsWebsites taken down worldwide as critical cyber-security update issued ↗

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