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A.I. Discovered a Critical Vulnerability in PHP, a Coding Language Behind Many Websites

The disclosure heightened concerns about A.I.’s potential to upend cybersecurity unless shortcomings are addressed.

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The website for the French government was temporarily unavailable on Wednesday amid hacking concerns stemming from major bugs in a piece of software used widely across the internet.
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Ransomware Attacks Have Swept Japan. A.I. May Be Making Them Easier.

Critical infrastructure has been targeted in a wave of cyberattacks, which experts say are rising because of artificial intelligence.

© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

Japan has been hit by a wave of cyberattacks that have affected businesses and government.
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Cyberattack Hits Hundreds of Supermarket Refrigeration Systems in France

The attack targeted a Danish software system in more than 400 supermarkets, forcing some shops to throw out frozen produce. The attackers have not been identified.

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Empty shelves at an Intermarché supermarket in Névez, France, on Monday, following a cyberattack that caused refrigerators to defrost.
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Hacker Used Chinese-Developed A.I. Tool to Target South Korean Banks, CrowdStrike Says

The cybersecurity firm said the attacker was likely a Chinese speaker and financially motivated, but did not attribute the attacks to a named individual or group.

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CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm, said in a report on Wednesday that it had found evidence of the use of A.I. in the attacks.
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