UK used AI tools to find 500 flaws in government systems as a critical new bug spreads concern

The UK's AI minister confirmed the scanning effort, which came before the latest critical flaw became public.

A critical cyber-security flaw is prompting organisations worldwide to rush out fixes, with the flaw said to potentially touch millions of websites. In an interview with the BBC, UK AI Minister Kanishka Narayan disclosed that the government had earlier used AI tooling to uncover roughly 500 vulnerabilities across its own systems. The remark came before the latest flaw became public, so the two developments are separate. For developers and companies, the takeaway is that AI-assisted scanning is already being used to surface weaknesses in government infrastructure, and that the new flaw adds urgency to patching web-facing software.