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Flaws in John Deere Systems Show Agriculture's Cyber Risk

Data Breach Today

John Deere, Researchers Spar Over Impact of Vulnerabilities Flaws uncovered in tractor manufacturer John Deere's systems underscore the cyber risks that come in tandem with the productivity gains from high-tech farming.

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FBI warns of ransomware attacks targeting the food and agriculture sector

Security Affairs

FBI warns ransomware gangs are actively targeting organizations in the food and agriculture sector. Food and agriculture businesses victimized by ransomware suffer significant financial loss resulting from ransom payments, loss of productivity, and remediation costs.” Focus on cyber security awareness and training.

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US agricultural machinery manufacturer AGCO suffered a ransomware attack

Security Affairs

The American agricultural machinery manufacturer AGCO announced that has suffered a ransomware attack that impacted its production facilities. AGCO, one of the most important agricultural machinery manufacturers, announced that a ransomware attack impacted some of its production facilities. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Watch out, ransomware attack risk increases on holidays and weekends, FBI and CISA

Security Affairs

In May 2021, over the Memorial Day weekend, a critical infrastructure entity in the Food and Agricultural Sector suffered a Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware attack affecting U.S. Securing and monitoring Remote Desktop Protocol endpoints. and Australian meat production facilities, resulting in a complete production stoppage.

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Seeds of Destruction: Cyber Risk Is Growing in Agriculture

The Security Ledger

In this episode of the podcast (#213): Molly Jahn of DARPA and University of Wisconsin joins us to talk about the growing cyber risk to the Food and Agriculture sector, as industry consolidation and precision agriculture combine to increase the chances of cyber disruption of food production. Read the whole entry. »

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US Gov warns of BEC attacks to hijack shipments of food products

Security Affairs

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations (FDA OCI), and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have published a joint security advisory to warn of business email compromise (BEC) attacks leading to the hijack of shipments of food products and ingredients.

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Clop group obtained access to the email addresses of about 632,000 US federal employees

Security Affairs

The security breach is the result of the MOVEit hacking campaign that took place this summer. The MOVEit campaign also targeted additional US agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Agriculture, and the General Services Administration. which is a service provider of OPM.

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