Censys

The United States has 62,687 exposed AI systems, China has 42,511, and Germany has 31,222, together accounting for just over half of all exposed AI infrastructure.

As of 2026, roughly 38% of the exposed global ICS landscape is in North America, 32% is in Europe, and 25% is in Asia.

China hosts 36.6% of malicious host-level infrastructure like C2s and remote access tooling, while the United States hosts 16.8%.

The United States hosts 45.5% of web-based threats like phishing and other deceptive pages, while China hosts 20.9% of web-based threats observed by Censys.

Internet-facing AI tools grew 63% in nine months, reaching nearly 268,000 systems.

There are roughly 134,000 Internet-exposed hosts running industrial control systems (ICS).

Approximately 70% of Internet-exposed ICS hosts are found on consumer and mobile networks.

n8n is exposed on nearly 114,000 Internet hosts, followed by OpenClaw on approximately 54,000 hosts.