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UK pentester claims Bitcoin bounty for PHP2Shell exploit

Jaydip Modhwadia successfully exploits the PHP2Shell vulnerability to claim a Bitcoin reward in a capture-the-flag contest.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 26 Oct 2026 · updated 5h ago

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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 26 Oct 2026. Latest from Tom's Hardware in News published first, on 26 October at 10:30 UTC; www.theregister.com followed 5h 44m later. The most recent article, from www.theregister.com, appeared on 26 October at 16:14 UTC.

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  1. UK pentester 'killa' claims $2K Bitcoin prize in PHP2Shell capture-the-flag contest www.theregister.com
  2. Bitcoin reward offered to anyone who could break into an unpatched server running PHP, hacker cracks site and claims bounty Latest from Tom's Hardware in News

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  • Jaydip Modhwadia
  • PHP2Shell
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