# Japan will establish a team to use artificial intelligence to simulate cyberattacks and identify weaknesses in computer systems. This comes as governments and businesses worldwide race to secure websites after critical flaws were discovered in programming language PHP, used to run many websites. Japanese mobile operator SoftBank has suspended its emergency alert system while addressing a PHP vulnerability. Customers will not receive warnings for earthquakes, tsunamis or evacuation information through that service. Officials say IT security teams must use A-I proactively to identify weaknesses before attackers exploit them.
Japan to simulate cyberattacks as PHP flaws disrupt global internet