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2026-10-23 · CNBC

AI's 'Black October': Critical PHP flaws set off global security scramble

Cybersecurity teams around the globe are rushing to patch PHP programming language flaws this week, in an artificial intelligence safety moment that's being described as "Black October." Nearly 70% of all websites use PHP, according to some estimates. "In the last 2 days there have been several dozen cyber attacks which, in isolation, would each have been the worst to happen in an entire calendar year," John Milinovich, senior director of product management at Figma, wrote in a post on X on Thursday. "Every sector from government to education to big tech and banks is being massively affected, and people are starting to freak out.

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