AI 'HACKER' FINDS 4 SEVERE BUGS IN POPULAR INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SOFTWARE IN UNDER 4 HOURS

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Causal Security's Cipher found four EPICS Base vulnerabilities in three hours and 49 minutes. One critical integer overflow, rated CVSS 9.8, could enable remote code execution. Three high-severity flaws permit crashes, memory corruption, or information disclosure. Exploitation requires network access to vulnerable EPICS services. EPICS controls equipment including particle accelerators and fusion experiments.