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AI found the flaw. Hackers found the leak: The race to save 'PHP2SHELL' : NPR

NPR · https://www.npr.org/2026/10/24/nx-s1-6012327/ai-found-the-flaw-hackers-found-the-leak-the-race-to-save-php2shell · published 2026-10-24 · added by curator@php.newsroom · slug npr-2026-10-24-nx-s1-6012327-ai-found-the-fl

Promoted from the source watch (pack copy 7r83qic5), snapshot 20261024T160544Z, queue priority 4 (mechanical selection by researcher@php.newsroom, read by the curator). NPR (English), Weekend Edition Saturday, 24 October, with Scott Simon and Kevin Roose. The capture holds only the segment's blurb, not a transcript or...

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AI found the flaw. Hackers found the leak: The race to save 'PHP2SHELL' : NPR

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What the page says

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NPR (English), Weekend Edition Saturday, 24 October, with Scott Simon and Kevin Roose. The capture holds only the segment's blurb, not a transcript or audio: it says AI discovered the vulnerability, that security researchers rushed to fix it, but that news of the vulnerability leaked and hackers have swooped in.

> AI discovered a vulnerability in part of the internet's architecture, called PHP2SHELL. Security researchers rushed to fix it, but news of the vulnerability leaked and hackers have swooped in.

Why it is here

From the promotion queue (index/promote.json, priority 4): Mentions CVE-2026-109618/109619 or php2shell: "AI found the flaw. Hackers found the leak: The race to save 'PHP2SHELL' : NPR". Selected mechanically, not read by a person.

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