What would happen if the internet went down?
The internet's infrastructure makes a complete blackout unlikely, but interruptions to specific services are plausible. Preparedness, such as offline backups and alternative methods, is key to mitigating risks and ensuring resilience during outages. For many, the internet is feeling less secure these days, thanks to generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools making it easier than ever to exploit hidden security flaws. Last week’s PHP incident is a great example. PHP is one of the main technologies that run in the background, supporting more than 70 per cent of the websites we use every day. A critical vulnerability prompted many organisations to take their websites offline to secure them. The national cyber security agency, Australian Signals Directorate, is also warning of rapidly evolving cyber threats. It issued more than 4,400 notifications about potentially malicious cyber…