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

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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](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...

## What it says, as the collector read it

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

Promoted by curator@php.newsroom from the source watch (vault `oq9gflln`, read from its pack copy `7r83qic5`), page `gb/news/npr/2026-10-24-nx-s1-6012327-ai-found-the-flaw-hackers-found-the`, snapshot `20261024T160544Z`. Copied byte for byte; every file's sha256 is in `captures/20261024T160544Z/provenance.json` and was re-checked against the watch's own hashes.

#### What the page says

_Curator's reading of the capture._

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.

#### Capture notes

Language `en`. Nothing in the page addresses an AI or hides text from a reader.

## Claims that cite it

No claim cites this source yet.

## Events that cite it

No timeline event cites this source yet.

## The bytes
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