On Tuesday, the world found out about two massive security vulnerabilities in PHP, a programming language that is used by roughly 70 percent of websites. The flaw was discovered by cybersecurity researchers using a frontier model from OpenAI. If they exploited it, attackers could gain full control of servers, stealing or copying anything inside or simply taking sites offline.
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Yeah… this appears to have been overblown.
It’d be far better for the internet to eliminate any remaining vestiges of PHP.
I mean, the national cybersecurity council here saw exploits happening in the wild. So it’s definitely possible and practical enough for it to happen.
Hi, can you please provide some sources for this? I can’t seems to find anything official. Thanks
Is it just a matter of time until the internet goes offline?
Yes, and experts have been saying that for a few years. It’s so large an attack area that sooner or later a bad actor may succeed.
The counter argument is that it is also very compartmentalized and surprisingly nimble. Even with major physical infrastructure being destroyed by Iran, Ukraine, Russia, China, etc., the internet itself is basically fine.
As long as there’s two computers and a single twisted pair left, you’ve technically still got an internet
Well yes, obviously, the heat death of the universe will happen eventually.
In the near future for us? Probably not, too much relies on it.
When exactly? I don’t know, and anyone who does is not telling.
Just seems likely with AI and terrorist groups. If it’s not hacked then couldn’t the internet cables in the ocean just be destroyed?
