Japan to simulate cyberattacks as PHP flaws roil global internet
Websites across the world went offline this week after the disclosure of critical vulnerabilities in the widely used programming language.
Japan plans to establish a team to conduct cyberattack simulations using artificial intelligence in an effort to pinpoint vulnerabilities in technology systems, as organizations rush to mitigate risks arising from critical flaws in the PHP programming language that forms the backbone of the internet. Following the disclosure of these severe vulnerabilities, government and corporate websites worldwide experienced widespread outages this week, with millions of hacking attempts overwhelming systems and prompting operators to either safeguard or temporarily disable their platforms.
A stark illustration of the scale of disruption, Japan's third-largest mobile carrier, SoftBank, announced on Friday that it was halting its emergency alert service for mobile users.
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