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Consultant comes clean for sparking worldwide panic by accidentally breaking the PHP vulnerability embargo

Tom's Hardware 2026-10-23

Summary:

The user said that they only wanted to alert others about the importance of the upcoming CVE releases and weren't told about the embargo.

Link:

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/devastated-forum-user-who-accidentally-broke-the-php-news-embargo-comes-clean-user-says-they-were-unaware-of-disclosure-restrictions-move-clearly-backfired-in-a-pretty-wild-fashion

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Tags:

cybersecurity

Authors:

editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) , Jowi Morales

Date tagged:

10/23/2026, 09:40

Date published:

10/23/2026, 07:15