AI-discovered PHP exploit causes internet-wide outage including 4chan

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Key claims

OP claims a trivial number bug caused $25 billion to disappear in 2024-2025 due to binary systems.
The PHP exploit outage is only the start of large-scale internet blackouts that could soon hit banking, payments, and the electric grid.
Mocks Britain for seeking war with Russia despite being a small island with domestic problems.
Asks how users coped during the recent 24-hour 4chan outage.
Claims ChatGPT found a 20-year-old code vulnerability and asks about programmers being made redundant in 3 years.
Poster calls for killing Jews and non-white people, claiming 4chan is a honeypot so bans don't matter.

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/pol/544746449 ↗ live · archive mocking evergreen 152 replies Mocks Britain for seeking war with Russia despite being a small island with domestic problems.
/g/110127222 ↗ live · archive alarmed breaking 37 replies 4chan was down because ChatGPT found a PHP vulnerability affecting millions of websites, making the anon uncomfortable about AI.
/pol/544763244 ↗ live · archive inciteful evergreen 1 replies Poster calls for killing Jews and non-white people, claiming 4chan is a honeypot so bans don't matter.
/pol/544758711 ↗ live · archive alarmed developing 16 replies Claims ChatGPT found a 20-year-old code vulnerability and asks about programmers being made redundant in 3 years.
/pol/544747458 ↗ live · archive neutral breaking 45 replies Asks how users coped during the recent 24-hour 4chan outage.
/pol/544744197 ↗ live · archive alarmed developing 18 replies The PHP exploit outage is only the start of large-scale internet blackouts that could soon hit banking, payments, and the electric grid.
/pol/544735158 ↗ live · archive mocking breaking 44 replies Asks who 'PHP' is and why he hacked 4chan yesterday, referencing the PHP exploit outage.
/pol/544724520 ↗ live · archive alarmist breaking 159 replies The internet shutdown was actually caused by an unprecedented AI-placed self-replicating worm, not a PHP vulnerability.
/pol/544734366 ↗ live · archive neutral evergreen 290 replies Brit/pol/ daily roundup links UK Arctic defence gaps, the worldwide PHP website outage, and a UK alcohol supplier entering administration.
/pol/544742916 ↗ live · archive amused evergreen 6 replies OP claims a trivial number bug caused $25 billion to disappear in 2024-2025 due to binary systems.
/pol/544742647 ↗ live · archive skeptical evergreen 7 replies OP questions whether the PHP hack is actually a big deal, dismissing coverage as hysteria.
/pol/544740960 ↗ live · archive hostile developing 3 replies The AI-related hackathon panic is Jews begging whites to fix their runaway AI, and internet collapse would be welcome.
/pol/544727433 ↗ live · archive alarmed breaking 57 replies A PHP exploit took down 4chan and much of the internet, vindicating policies banning PHP without CTO approval.
/pol/544726728 ↗ live · archive neutral developing 279 replies Brit/pol/ general thread sharing UK news including Arctic defence gaps versus Russia and the worldwide website outage from PHP flaws.
/pol/544732318 ↗ live · archive confused evergreen 13 replies User reports being unable to post during 4chan's read-only PHP outage and asks whether their account was hacked.
/pol/544705643 ↗ live · archive alarmed breaking 286 replies An AI-found PHP arbitrary code injection exploit took down nearly every PHP-based site including 4chan for over 24 hours.
/pol/544712917 ↗ live · archive skeptical developing 16 replies Dismisses the reported PHP vulnerability behind 4chan's outage as insignificant.
/pol/544720889 ↗ live · archive neutral evergreen 25 replies Poster asks where others went during a 4chan downtime.
/pol/544720291 ↗ live · archive hopeful evergreen 8 replies Poster expresses relief at the board being back after an apparent outage or disappearance.
/pol/544722820 ↗ live · archive dismissive evergreen 5 replies OP claims PHP is unlivable for coders because bad things written by bad people stay bad.
/pol/544717737 ↗ live · archive alarmed evergreen 12 replies Poster shares a ChatGPT response admitting that users' lifelong AI interactions could be collected and used against them, urging distance from AI.
/pol/544712755 ↗ live · archive mocking breaking 15 replies Sarcastically blames Sam Altman and an OpenAI PHP security disclosure for 4chan's shutdown.
/pol/544710520 ↗ live · archive alarmed breaking 47 replies Russian hackers have allegedly been exploiting a PHP bug since 2022 and everything should be considered compromised.
/pol/544707308 ↗ live · archive neutral developing 26 replies The poster remarks on the timing of an ongoing PHP outage.
/pol/544706542 ↗ live · archive mocking evergreen 54 replies Users discuss what they did during the 4chan outage and complain the site lost quality users.
/pol/544705672 ↗ live · archive neutral breaking 87 replies Users note the site is back online after downtime.
/pol/544706396 ↗ live · archive hopeful evergreen 39 replies Poster expresses affection for other users after the site returned from outage.
/pol/544706231 ↗ live · archive neutral evergreen 5 replies Posters ask where 4chan's usual 'happenings' coverage went.
/pol/544705682 ↗ live · archive mocking breaking 6 replies A poster announces the site's PHP is back and attributes the outage to Indians.

AI-discovered PHP exploit causes internet-wide outage including 4chan

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