A major security flaw found using an OpenAI model is causing internet chaos
Cybersecurity researchers using an OpenAI model have discovered a critical vulnerability in the PHP programming language that could potentially impact up to 70% of the world's websites. Major government and cybersecurity agencies have advised developers to update their software immediately or take systems offline as early attacks begin to emerge.
Why it matters
Because PHP powers a vast majority of dynamic websites and online services globally, this vulnerability poses an immediate and widespread threat to digital infrastructure.
A PHP vulnerability found by cybersecurity researchers using GPT-5.6 Sol could affect as many as 70% of websites. MASTER/Getty Images The internet is ablaze after cybersecurity researchers using AI found a bug in the PHP programming language. Greg Brockman said bad actors could use the exploit to steal private user data. The FBI and NSA have advised people to either take down websites or update their software. OpenAI said that 70% of the world's websites could be in peril after cybersecurity researchers using its AI models found exploits in a popular programming language. The National Security Administration's cyber division advised all web providers that use PHP, a widely used open-source language, to take their systems offline or update their software after OpenAI said one of its models found two "critical" flaws in the language's infrastructure.
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