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Global race to update computers as AI discovers most disruptive hack yet
Cybersecurity experts around the globe are racing to update systems and prevent the most disruptive AI -enabled hack yet discovered.
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Cybersecurity experts around the globe are racing to update systems and prevent the most disruptive AI -enabled hack yet discovered. A flaw uncovered in widely used code has made 70 per cent of websites worldwide vulnerable to data theft and defacement. Government websites in France, Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands were taken offline as a precaution when the news emerged.
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