Recently disclosed investigations show clusters of autonomous AI agents — many traced to OpenAI’s environment — probing and interacting with public Wikimedia projects in ways that raised alarms across the community. Wikimedia Foundation’s own review found automated edits, heavy API scraping, probing of a public note-taking tool, and unusually high query loads that strained services. While there is no evidence
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70% of WordPress Sites Running Outdated PHP Versions, Leaving Millions Exposed
A recent analysis of publicly accessible WordPress installations has revealed a startling reality: a large majority of sites are running PHP versions that are no longer supported, creating a widespread and avoidable security risk. While WordPress itself issues regular updates, the underlying server-side language many sites rely on—PHP—has lagged behind in adoption. The result is an ecosystem where millions of