⚡ Weekly Recap: AI-Powered PLC Attacks, GitLab Attacks, Stripe Key Leaks and More

A package gets installed. A login prompt opens. A box sits exposed to the internet. Nothing looks unusual yet. That’s roughly the mood this week. Trusted tools turn hostile, old weak spots get fresh attention, AI makes exploit work cheaper, and researchers keep finding attacks that sound harder than they actually are. Plenty to clean up. Here’s the short version. ⚡ Threat of the Week U.S.

The article describes a weekly roundup of incidents where attackers leverage AI, including AI-assisted attacks on PLCs, exploitation of trusted developer and CI/CD tools like GitLab, and sensitive key exposure incidents such as Stripe keys. These reports indicate that AI is being used to lower the cost and complexity of exploiting existing weaknesses in operational technology and software supply chains, and that cloud and payment integrations remain a frequent source of credential leakage. From a RealGround perspective, organizations should assume that threat actors will increasingly automate reconnaissance and exploitation with AI, and should proactively run continuous red teaming focused on AI-assisted attack paths, exposed automation pipelines, and secrets management to identify and remediate weaknesses before adversaries weaponize them further.