Booz Allen: AI agents can attack industrial systems in minutes

Booz Allen Hamilton's OT security lab tested two frontier AI models across eight attack scenarios against industrial infrastructure. The models achieved every objective: one progressed from perimeter compromise to actions inside an industrial control network in just over 16 minutes, and another located and moved a robotic arm.

• Models completed all 8 OT attack scenarios
• Perimeter-to-ICS-network path took just over 16 minutes
• Agents found and moved a robotic arm in minutes
• One SCADA gateway compromise exposed 14 OT devices