Inside the cyber flaw scramble that brought the AI threat to life
Source: Business Insider ·
The man who set off the chain reaction that put 70% of the web at risk explains why he did it.
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Cybersecurity leaders talked with BI about the rise in demand for workers in the field.MASTER/Getty ImagesAll hell broke loose this week after a security flaw in 70% of the world's websites was made public.It was supposed to be kept under wraps as a fix was deployed, but one researcher jumped the gun.Chainguard CEO Dan Lorenc told POLITICO why he decided to go public.The exposure was immense, with AI multiplying the risks — and yet time-tested global cybersecurity procedures appeared to be functioning. Then suddenly, it all broke down.The decision by a cybersecurity company on Wednesday to prematurely release information about a flaw in the popular PHP computer programming language left much of the web exposed to hackers, triggering a panic that brought to life months of warnings of how the AI-powered era could cause widespread damage.The flaws in PHP, discovered using AI tools through a monthslong process coordinated by OpenAI, caused cyber agencies across Europe, the US, the UK,…