sharon sanders
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AI Just Found a Bug That Puts up to 70% of the World’s Websites at Risk
Updated Oct. 21, 2026 at 6:05 pm ET
First, artificial intelligence heralded the Bugmageddon. Now it is triggering an all-hands-on-deck cyber emergency.
The creators of PHP, a technology that powers as much as 70% of the world’s websites, disclosed a critical security issue Wednesday that could be leveraged by hackers to take control of any system running its software. That would allow an attacker to steal information or launch a cyberattack on anyone visiting a hacked website.
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FluTrackers installed the fix yesterday as soon as we were notified. Hat tip again to linuxkidd.