'Unforgivable Exposure': More than 200,000 industrial systems are needlessly exposed to the web and hackers - and there's no absolutely excuse

A laptop with digitally inserted hack warnings around it.

• Growing exposure of industrial systems puts critical services and infrastructure at real risk
• AI helps both defenders and attackers accelerate discovery and exploitation of vulnerabilities
• Convenience driven decisions leave critical devices online creating unforgivable risk

A new report has warned that after years of improvement the number of industrial systems directly accessible on the internet is growing again.