Siemens reports no new vulnerabilities after US hacker warning

On Thursday, Siemens announced it has not discovered any fresh vulnerabilities or heightened levels of attacks concerning its industrial control systems products, despite a U.S. government agency's warning about attempted breaches. Multiple U.S. government agencies issued an advisory on the same day, notifying that hackers were targeting devices manufactured by Siemens, which are essential to operating critical infrastructure.

Siemens acknowledged the alert, labeled as AA26-231A by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and maintains frequent communication with the agency regarding the situation. The German industrial company affirmed that the security advisory does not mention any novel vulnerabilities in its S7 series programmable logic controllers.

Instead, the advisory highlights that hackers are employing new techniques to exploit possible misconfigurations, according to Siemens. The company stated that, as of now, it has not observed either an increase in attacks or any unknown vulnerabilities in its industrial control systems products. This report was produced with the assistance of artificial intelligence and reviewed by an editor.