PHP2Shell: Europe Is Switching Off Websites. AI Found a Hole in 70% of the Web

Governments in Europe are switching off their own websites because AI found a hole in the software behind most of the web. It's called PHP. OpenAI says it runs an estimated 70% of websites, WordPress included. Two critical flaws. One, crafted request, no password, and an attacker can run code on the server. Researchers found them with OpenAI and Google models. Then the details leaked early. Cloudflare CEO, thousands of attack attempts before the announcement, tens of thousands in first forty five minutes, Millions now. NSA says, if you can't update right away, take the system offline.

The Dutch prime minister, patch now. Keep vulnerable systems offline. DigiD and MijnOverheid went dark. And no, Revolut going down on Tuesday wasn't this. Revolut says it was a Google Cloud outage, and your money and data stayed safe. Here is the part almost nobody says. PHP is open source, so the fix is public. And with AI, anyone can read a fix and work back to the hole it closes. A public fix is a map. Big companies patch in hours, but a website built three years ago whose developers moved on, nobody patched it, and it may still hold your data.

So don't be surprised when sites go offline this week. That's them being careful. Don't type passwords, card numbers, or anything confidential into a site you don't fully trust. Update your browser and your phone. A different password everywhere with a two factor authentication. My advice for this week, browse a little less and paste a lot less.