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Center · Read · October 22, 2026

Oct 22 · AI-found PHP flaw sends websites offline for emergency patches

Semafor: AI helps find vulnerability affecting up to 70% of websites

Grade B (82/100). Short brief: governments take sites offline; quotes Wiz co-founder via WSJ, but its exploit warning comes from an unnamed researcher

Lehrer score 82/100 (−18 unnamed source/unsourced figure: a cybersecurity researcher told Reuters). Fixed scale: 90+ A, 80s B, 70s C, 60s D, under 60 F → B.

a cybersecurity researcher told Reuters

Splits: Short brief: governments take sites offline; quotes Wiz co-founder via WSJ, but its exploit warning comes from an unnamed researcher

  • Broken. Rule: unnamed source/unsourced figure (a cybersecurity researcher told Reuters)

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Same story: NBC News, New York Post

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