What Is a PLC — and Why Does AI Make It a Bigger Target?
A programmable logic controller (PLC) runs real machinery in factories, water plants, and power grids — and AI is now making it faster and cheaper to attack one.
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Siemens is a German industrial and engineering conglomerate whose programmable logic controllers (PLCs), including the widely deployed S7 line, run machinery in factories, power plants, and water systems worldwide. This hub tracks how AI is changing the security and automation of Siemens’s industrial control systems, from AI-assisted attacks to the defenses built to counter them.
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US Agencies Warn AI Is Writing Exploits for Siemens PLCs
US cybersecurity and energy agencies say hackers are using AI to write exploit code for internet-exposed Siemens S7 industrial controllers that run water, energy and factory systems.
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