# AI tool uncovers long-hidden PHP bugs, but a leak put them at risk

> Original title: Credit where it’s due to AI for uncovering the PHP flaw – and discredit to the leaker | Letters

- Source: The Guardian · AI
- Published: 2026-10-30T17:10:09.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/im6ikf1uls0hhgthlk6yo4m2o
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/30/credit-where-its-due-to-ai-for-uncovering-the-php-flaw-and-discredit-to-the-leaker

## Summary

A reader says AI deserves credit for finding obscure bugs in the PHP programming language that had gone unnoticed for years, while the leak of their details before fixes existed is the real problem. David Gibson of Leeds says leakers should face illegality and penalties that deter others. The letter does not say whether any harm resulted from the leak.