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The PHP Meltdown Shows How AI Makes Bugs More Exploitable.

WIRED AIIndependent reporting·
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Security researchers used AI tools to help uncover years-old vulnerabilities in the PHP web scripting language, and AI-assisted attacks followed.

Why it matters: It suggests AI tooling can speed up discovery and exploitation of long-standing software flaws.

Written by AI from WIRED AI's published text.

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“Security researchers used AI tools to help uncover years-old vulnerabilities in the PHP web scripting language. Then the AI-assisted attacks began.”
WIRED AI, 24 Oct 2026, 12:00.

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