Advanced artificial intelligence has found a big security problem in PHP. PHP is a programming language. It is used by 70% of all websites in the world. Experts named this problem 'php2shell'. They used OpenAI technology to find it. This problem was hidden from human developers for more than ten years. Now, many countries and companies are working fast to protect their websites.
The cybersecurity firm Wiz said this is a very serious problem. AI found patterns that human programmers missed for many years. Because PHP is used by 70% of websites, the danger is very large. Hackers want to use this weakness to enter web servers. If they enter a server, they can steal private information. They can also use a website's power to do things like crypto mining without permission.
The news caused a very fast reaction. Within two hours of the news, the company Cloudflare saw hundreds of thousands of attempts to attack the weakness. This shows that cybercriminals move very quickly. To fix the problem, the PHP Foundation released patches on Wednesday. A patch is a software update that fixes a problem. Website owners must use these updates immediately to stay safe.
The US National Security Agency warned that this flaw is dangerous. Attackers could control web servers and stop important services. Some organizations even turned off their websites to apply the security updates safely. This event shows that AI is a powerful tool. AI can find old errors that humans cannot see. Now, the world must work fast to fix the internet's foundation.