PHP: The three letters that shut down sites all over the internet today
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novelty 9
actionability 9
community 8
strategic 8
personal 10
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AI-discovered PHP vulnerabilities affecting major sites, directly relevant to security and infrastructure.
Summary
Two bugs found with AI are behind major issues today for 4chan, DeviantArt, Wikipedia, and the blog where the bar around the corner posts pictures of people's dogs. The "critical vulnerabilities" were discovered in the PHP programming language, which underpins much of the internet, including any site built on WordPress. But it's far bigger than […]