Governments and companies around the world shut down websites as they raced Thursday to protect themselves from hacks after artificial intelligence uncovered critical flaws in a widely used

The developers of ⁠the ⁠widely used PHP programming language said on ⁠Wednesday they would release patches for two critical vulnerabilities, as EU cybersecurity officials warned ​organisations unable to apply the fixes should take affected websites offline.

Critical vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language prompted government websites across Europe to temporarily go offline Wednesday as organizations scrambled to apply emergency security patches. This prompted the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Cyber Division to call for immediate security updates as cybersecurity experts warned that AI could accelerate attacks against millions of vulnerable servers. FBI Urges Immediate Updates And Server...

Governments and corporations worked throughout the night to update software after the AI-assisted discovery of vulnerabilities in a programming language vital to about 70% of websites globally. Many government sites appeared to be working Thursday,