# How AI exposed a decade-old cybersecurity flaw in PHP

https://mins.news/en/video/111024

- BBC News, 2026-10-22 11:15 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omSYrjCtfD8

> Serious vulnerabilities in PHP, an open-source technology underpinning much of the internet, went undetected for more than a decade. AI brought them to light, prompting a global cybersecurity alert. BBC Cyber Correspondent Joe Tidy examines how AI found the issue, which companies were affected and hackers’ attempts to exploit it.

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