Serious security flaw discovered in the PHP development language

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Critical security vulnerabilities were discovered in the PHP development language, which powers about 70% of websites worldwide. According to Bizportal, the two vulnerabilities allow servers to be taken over without a password, and they were identified by Google Project Zero researchers using artificial intelligence models.

According to Globes, details of the flaw were leaked before the fix was published. According to Israel Hayom, the flaw was exposed using an OpenAI AI tool and led to a global cyber alert and to governments taking websites down.

According to Israel Hayom, the flaw was hidden in the system for over a decade. As a result, an earthquake warning system in Japan was disabled. Governments, banks and technology companies are rushing to update their servers.