AI Successfully Ports PLC Exploit Between Industrial Control Systems for $536 in 8 Hours
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Forescout researchers successfully used Claude AI to port a PLC exploit from one model to a different PLC model, with the process costing $536 and taking 8 hours to complete. The experiment demonstrated that AI can port working exploits between different industrial control system devices. However, a later AI-generated payload accidentally destroyed the hardware during testing. The research addresses questions about AI's capability to adapt exploits across different PLC models in industrial security contexts.