Will AI expose the rickety infrastructure of the internet?
TechCrunch Anthony Ha ● Covered by 18 sources
A PHP vulnerability was disclosed and website owners were told to patch immediately or take sites offline, prompting governments and major sites to briefly go down while fixing it. The article says PHP runs on about 70% of websites, affecting tens of millions of sites. With AI-accessible vulnerability finding and exploitation, more incidents are expected, potentially increasing web disruption and link rot for unpatched sites, especially where teams lack resources.
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