AI has 'potential' to turn script kiddies into sophisticated infrastructure attackers
When it comes to cyberattacks that shut down power grids, drinking-water systems, and other critical infrastructure, AI doesn’t – yet – turn script kiddies into sophisticated, nation-state attackers. But “the potential is there,” according to operational technology (OT) security experts.
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- ConceptAPT · Advanced persistent threatA well-resourced hacking group, usually tied to a government, that runs long, targeted campaigns.
- TechnologyOT / ICS · Operational technology / industrial control systemsThe computers that run physical processes: factories, power grids, water plants, building systems.