Governments race to secure websites after global cyber-security alert

Governments and companies around the world are working urgently to identify and patch vulnerabilities in their websites following a rare global cyber-security warning linked to deeply embedded flaws in widely used programming software.

Artificial intelligence uncovered the hidden weaknesses, triggering an unusually broad international response from both public institutions and private organisations. The discovery prompted fears that critical systems may have been exposed for an extended period without anyone being aware.

Amazon has revealed it experienced cyber-attacks before the warning was made public, raising concerns that malicious actors had prior knowledge of the vulnerabilities and moved quickly to exploit them.

Authorities are now working to determine the scale of potential exposure across government and commercial systems. The incident has underscored the growing role of artificial intelligence in detecting security risks that traditional methods had failed to identify, while also highlighting how swiftly such threats can be weaponised once they become known.