Bitcoin hacking challenge finally falls as researcher proves critical PHP flaw is exploitable

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A researcher known online as Killa breached the Steal My Bitcoin challenge server on October 25 and extracted a private key less than three hours after its PHP configuration was changed. The attack succeeded after challenge operator James Pavur made a PHP page accessible, a setup criticized by security specialists as an unrealistic test of the vulnerability. The challenge followed the October 21 disclosure of two critical flaws, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, which were reported to allow remote code execution. Evidence published on GitHub documented a server response containing a private key, but does not establish that an autonomous artificial intelligence system carried out the attack.

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