Yep that’s what I though, this looks like payback from that.

The Dark reading article seems to be quite detailed but isn’t very serious though. Near the end it suggest these countermeasures:

to remove PLCs from direct Internet exposure and implement secure gateways and firewalls

place the physical mode switch on the controller into the “run” position

All I can offer is surprised Pikachu face.

Oil extracted from the ground. That takes the trophy for the whole century.