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The Bug That Sat in PHP for a Decade, Until AI Cracked It in Weeks

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On Wednesday, Finland took its government websites offline. The Dutch parliament went dark. Edinburgh council's site disappeared. Parts of Wikipedia stopped loading. Even a few BBC programme pages went down. The reason: two bugs in PHP, the language that quietly runs most of the web. The vulnerable…

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  1. 2026-10-23 08:35 · DEV Community — AI
    The Bug That Sat in PHP for a Decade, Until AI Cracked It in Weeks

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