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UK pentester 'killa' claims $2K Bitcoin prize in PHP2Shell capture-the-flag contest

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UK pentester 'killa' claims $2K Bitcoin prize in PHP2Shell capture-the-flag contest
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A UK-based developer and pentester has claimed a $2,000 Bitcoin prize for demonstrating the exploitability of the PHP2Shell vulnerabilities that melted the internet last week.Jaydip Modhwadia, 26, otherwise known as “Killa,” claimed the prize set by James Pavur, who launched the "Steal My Bitcoin" site on October 24.Pavur launched the CTF (capture the flag) challenge to prove that the PHP2Shell exploit was not as easy as those in the cybersecurity community claimed it to be, promising to award $

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