Rank 11Industrial control systems
Iranian-affiliated PLC targeting
Iranian-affiliated actors are exploiting programmable logic controllers across critical infrastructure environments.
- Momentum score
- 71
- Impact
- Critical
- Confidence
- High
Why it is rising
CISA documented activity across US critical infrastructure while Unit 42 reported renewed interest in critical-infrastructure targets.
Six-month trajectory
Normalized weekly momentum for prototype validation
+14 over 4 weeks
Six months agoCurrent week
Marketing implications
High-level suggestions for buyer education. These are not claims that a product would have prevented a reported incident.
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