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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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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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Episode 227: What’s Fueling Cyber Attacks on Agriculture ?

The Security Ledger

about the spate of attacks in recent months targeting food processing plants, grain cooperatives and other agriculture sector targets. about the spate of attacks in recent months targeting food processing plants, grain cooperatives and other agriculture sector targets. More Agriculture Supply Chain Attacks on Tap.

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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. » And on and on.

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Where's the Beef? Ransomware Hit Highlights Cyber Problems

Data Breach Today

Disruption of Meat Processing Giant JBS Exposes Sector's Security Shortcomings The ransomware attack that disrupted operations at meat processing giant JBS has exposed cybersecurity shortcomings in the U.S. agricultural sector and food supply chain.

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Cybersecurity agencies published a joint LockBit ransomware advisory

Security Affairs

According to a joint advisory published by cybersecurity agencies, the LockBit ransomware group has successfully extorted roughly $91 million in about 1,700 attacks against U.S. According to the French ANSSI cybersecurity agency, LockBit 3.0 organizations since 2020. organizations since 2020. law enforcement). Red, LockBit 3.0/Black,

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Security Blueprints of Many Companies Leaked in Hack of Swedish Firm Gunnebo

Krebs on Security

In March 2020, KrebsOnSecurity alerted Swedish security giant Gunnebo Group that hackers had broken into its network and sold the access to a criminal group which specializes in deploying ransomware. The company has operations in 25 countries, more than 4,000 employees, and billions in revenue annually. Acting on a tip from Milwaukee, Wis.-based