Japan to launch AI hacker team as PHP flaws disrupt services
Japan will set up a team of ethical hackers in November to use AI for finding vulnerabilities in the country's own systems. The move comes as banks, rail operators and government agencies take online services offline to patch two critical PHP flaws released on October 21.
- The team will be established by IPA under Japan's industry ministry in November
- SoftBank suspended emergency alert texts until October 26 to patch PHP
- Nomura, MUFG, ANA and JR East halted some online services
- Cloudflare reported millions of attempts to exploit the PHP flaws
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