4,000 US Factory Brains Exposed: Iranian Hackers Poised to Pull the Plug
Picture your local water plant grinding to a halt because hackers halfway around the world just rewrote its controls. Nearly 4,000 US industrial devices are sitting ducks right now.
⚡ Key Takeaways
- Nearly 4,000 US Rockwell PLCs are internet-exposed, prime targets for Iranian hackers disrupting critical infrastructure. 𝕏
- Agencies urge immediate isolation, patching, and monitoring to prevent data theft and operational chaos. 𝕏
- This attack wave echoes past IRGC ops and signals AI-driven OT defenses as the inevitable future shift. 𝕏
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Originally reported by Bleeping Computer
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