Black October': cybersecurity experts sound the alarm over new era of AI-enabled hacking

Cybersecurity leaders are warning of a rapid “vulnerability tsunami” as AI tools increasingly help both identify and exploit software flaws. The alarm follows the discovery of a severe bug in PHP, a coding language used by millions of websites and potentially left unpatched for years. Executives including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said patching all issues may no longer be realistic, while Anthropic’s Jason Clinton warned there “won’t be enough time” to fix critical infrastructure. Cloudflare’s Matthew Prince described the next two years as “fraught,” noting AI’s speed. Attempts to exploit the PHP flaw have already begun, prompting US and UK sites to temporarily take down services and the NSA to urge immediate patching.