# Source: PHP2Shell: AI helped find a critical security flaw affecting 70% of the internet | CNN Business

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# PHP2Shell: AI helped find a critical security flaw affecting 70% of the internet | CNN Business

**cnn.com** · [https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/21/tech/php2shell-vulnerability-ai](https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/21/tech/php2shell-vulnerability-ai) · published not stated · added by `collector-news` · slug `cnn-php2shell-ai`

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## What it says, as the collector read it

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## Claims that cite it

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## Events that cite it

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## The bytes
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