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#3 BleepingComputer general August 19, 2026 at 17:50 UTC

US warns of AI-powered attacks on Siemens PLCs in critical infrastructure

By Lawrence Abrams

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NSA, FBI, and CISA jointly warned that threat actors are deploying AI-generated scripts to attack Siemens S7 Series PLCs used in U.S. critical infrastructure — marking one of the first documented cases of AI-assisted ICS exploitation. The advisory specifically calls out water sector exposure and exploitation of known vulnerabilities in Siemens industrial control systems.

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