OpenAI and Google's Wiz Uncover Ancient PHP Holes, Panicking the Internet
TechCrunch AI · rss · 2026-10-22
TechCrunch reports that OpenAI and Google's cloud security firm Wiz have independently uncovered long-buried vulnerabilities in PHP, the server-side language powering much of the web, triggering widespread internet panic.
The twist: this is the kind of security issue that AI found and helped prevent — but its discovery capability also raises the stakes, since the same power could be wielded for attacks.
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