PHP's creators disclose a critical memory-management vulnerability, dubbed "PHP2Shell", that affects up to 70% of websites, discovered via GPT-5.6 Sol in August (Robert McMillan/Wall Street Journal)
Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal : PHP's creators disclose a critical memory-management vulnerability, dubbed "PHP2Shell", that affects up to 70% of websites, discovered via GPT-5.6 Sol in August — AI tools helped find one of the most severe online bugs ever. Cyber experts are racing to patch it before hackers use AI to exploit it.
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