Government and corporate websites go dark as AI exposes critical security flaws
Government and corporate websites were shut down across the world overnight into Wednesday after cybersecurity firms used artificial intelligence to reveal…
France 24 reports: Government and corporate websites were shut down across the world overnight into Wednesday after cybersecurity firms used artificial intelligence to reveal critical flaws in widely used programming language PHP.
PHP programmers on Wednesday released a patch fixing the vulnerability.
This technology story centres on France. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include AI and PHP.
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