Over 4,400 Rockwell PLCs Exposed Online, 22 Found in Water Attack Cities

Aug 06, 2026 - 16:00
Over 4,400 Rockwell PLCs Exposed Online, 22 Found in Water Attack Cities
Forescout found 22 internet-facing Rockwell Automation programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in cities hit by recent cyberattacks on US water utilities. Nineteen used the same mobile carrier network. Its August 3 scan counted 4,407 exposed Rockwell controllers worldwide, including 2,844 in the United States, but Forescout could not confirm any were compromised. That figure counts exposed