Edition No. 124 · Sat 24 Oct 2026 · Story 1 of 50

OpenAI rewrites your ads, Mistral ships Le Chonk, AI swarms drain APIs

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AI agent swarms turned the php2shell disclosure into millions of exploit attempts within hours and drained API keys at Railway and OpenCode.

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  3. 04 · PathfoundersEurope's cyber moment? Lessons from the PHP hack week from hell
  4. 05 · Business InsiderI'm a CTO who was awake for 48 hours because of the PHP crisis
  5. 06 · FouAnalyticsIf ad targeting is so inaccurate, how did AdFection hit specific journalists?

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