AI-Assisted Porting of PLC Exploit Cuts Development Time to Hours

Forescout researchers demonstrated that an AI assistant (Claude) can port a remote code execution exploit between WAGO PLC models in hours at a cost of hundreds of dollars. This marks a notable acceleration in exploit development, lowering the barrier for attackers targeting industrial control systems. The finding underscores growing cyber risk to critical infrastructure, though the research is proof-of-concept and not an active threat.