AI just discovered a bug putting 70pc of world's websites at risk - AFR

World North America Cybersecurity Print article Paul Smith and Ronald Mizen Updated Oct 22, 2026 – 10.47am , first published at 7.05am Australian government agencies and businesses are scrambling to patch vulnerabilities in websites after artificial intelligence tools were used to uncover critical vulnerabilities in the programming language that runs in the majority of web servers around the world. A spokesman for Cybersecurity Minister Tony Burke said that the National Office of Cyber Security was aware of the issue, which was first reported to officials on Wednesday, and that work was quickly being undertaken across government to patch the bug. Loading... Save Log in or Subscribe to save article Share Copy link Copied Email LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Copy link Copied Share via... Gift this article Subscribe to gift this article Gift articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe now Already a subscriber? Login License article Read More Cybersecurity AI Software Web culture Fetching latest articles