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An AI agent was used to autonomously execute a voltage fault injection attack against an ESP32 Secure Boot V1 system. It was given direct access to hardware interfaces and handled major parts of the attack chain, including tool configuration, exploit script generation, and firmware analysis. The system used Claude Code with a “Dangerously Skip Permissions” flag to enable unrestricted hardware interaction. Traditional fault injection requires deep embedded expertise and manual effort. If AI can now coordinate hardware access, reverse engineer firmware, and build exploit workflows, advanced offensive techniques may become far more accessible and scalable. If AI agents can already automate complex hardware attacks, how long until autonomous offensive security becomes the default approach? Subscribe to our podcasts: https://securityweekly.com/subscribe #EmbeddedSecurity #SecurityWeekly #Cybersecurity #InformationSecurity #AI #InfoSec