Censys Finds Exposed AI Infrastructure Grew 63% in Nine Months

Oct 14, 2026
Censys identified nearly 268,000 internet facing AI systems, up 63% over nine months, alongside about 134,000 exposed industrial control system hosts.

Censys said in a press release that exposed AI infrastructure grew 63% over nine months, reaching nearly 268,000 internet facing systems. The figures come from the Censys Internet Map, which continuously monitors internet infrastructure; Censys sells internet intelligence for security teams.

Workflow automation platform n8n was the most commonly exposed product, with nearly 114,000 hosts. OpenClaw followed with about 54,000. The United States, China and Germany accounted for just over half of the exposed AI infrastructure identified in the report.

Censys also found about 134,000 internet exposed hosts running industrial control systems. Around 70% were on consumer and mobile networks. North America accounted for 38% of these systems, followed by Europe at 32% and Asia at 25%.

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