Bitcoin reward offered to anyone who could break into an unpatched server running PHP, hacker cracks site and claims bounty

Tom's Hardware 2026-10-26

Summary:

The “Steal My Bitcoin” challenge offers a bounty to anyone who can breach a deliberately vulnerable PHP website using the recently disclosed PHP2Shell flaws. The challenge follows previous recoveries of locked Bitcoin fortunes through software vulnerabilities and AI-assisted investigation, but no successful claim has been confirmed.

Link:

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cryptomining/hacker-offers-bitcoin-reward-to-anyone-who-can-break-into-an-unpatched-server-running-php-still-remains-unhacked-php2shell-challenge-tests-claims-that-ai-makes-exploiting-vulnerabilities-easy

From feeds:

Cybersecurity by kevin » Tom's Hardware

Tags:

cryptocurrency

Authors:

Newton Gitonga

Date tagged:

10/26/2026, 08:33

Date published:

10/26/2026, 06:30