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Una Hajdari

PHP security flaw: Why websites across Europe went dark and what it means for you

Artificial intelligence has exposed two critical security flaws in PHP, a programming language that quietly powers most of the internet, sending organisations worldwide scrambling to shut down websites before hackers can exploit them.

The bugs sat undetected in PHP’s code for more than a decade. It took cutting-edge AI models from OpenAI and Google to turn a long-suspected weakness into a working attack — and now the race is on to close the door.

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