A bottling plant for a major soft drink company, 11:45 PM on a Friday. The day shift has long gone home. The only sounds are the rhythmic hiss of pneumatic cylinders and the low hum of conveyor motors.

Twenty seconds later, the tool reported:

Elena arrived at 12:10 AM. Her first instinct was the old-school method: "Do you have the original .s7p file from the last shutdown?"

The filler whirred. The conveyor started. The HMI cleared.

Marco’s heart dropped. He hadn’t just changed a timer. He’d overwritten the entire hardware configuration with an older, partial backup from his laptop. Now, half the I/O modules weren't recognized. The filler, the capper, the labeler—all dead.