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Sead Fadilpašić

BIZARRE: Ai is getting closer to being able to exploit ot and thats very bad news for critical infrastructure - You Need To See This

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  • Forescout researchers showed AI can port RCE exploits to PLCs, achieving DoS and shellcode execution
  • Effort required heavy researcher input and $500+ in API usage, making attacks impractical for criminals
  • Nation‑state actors remain a concern, as seen in Sandworm’s 2025 attack on Poland’s power grid

If you are worried cybercriminals will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to automate the discovery and exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities in Operational Technology (OT) such as Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) you can sleep peacefully, at least for a little longer.

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