I'm a CTO who was awake for 48 hours because of the PHP crisis. October feels like the month of hell for tech.
Source: Business Insider ·
A CTO shares what it was like to go 48 hours without sleep as he dealt with the PHP security flaw — and why he expects more AI cyber crises.
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Nick Woodhead had to scramble in response to a security flaw that threatened the majority of the world's websites.Courtesy of Nick WoodheadNick Woodhead said he went 48 hours without sleep while helping patch a major website vulnerability.The CTO said that with security problems piling up, October feels like "the month of hell" for tech.Because AI makes it easier to find and exploit security gaps, Woodhead expects more disruption.This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Nick Woodhead, founder of the AI company GPTree and chief technology officer at Rothco and Compubox. He spoke with Business Insider on Thursday to share how he's responded to vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language that could affect the majority of the world's websites. The following has been edited for brevity and clarity.It's always a nightmare when these things happen. Since Tuesday evening, I haven't slept. It's coming close to 48 hours working on this. I'm a CTO, but I also run an agency…