Japan to Use AI to Simulate Cyberattacks After Global PHP Failures

The Japanese government has announced the creation of a team dedicated to simulating cyberattacks using artificial intelligence to identify vulnerabilities in technological systems. This measure comes in the wake of a global race of organizations to contain the risks caused by critical vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language, which supports a large part of the internet.

Sites government and corporate worldwide went offline this week after the revelation of flaws in the tool, generating millions of invasion attempts and forcing operators to protect or temporarily shut down their platforms. The SoftBank, the third largest mobile operator in Japan, reported the temporary suspension of its emergency alert system for mobile phones, leaving customers without advance warnings for earthquakes, tsunami alerts, and disaster information.