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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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IBM and Texas A&M AgriLife provide data, technology and expertise to farmers in need

IBM Big Data Hub

With failed crops, low yields for farmers and diminished grazing for cattle, the Texas Department of Agriculture identified climate change as a potential threat to the state’s food supply. ” That’s where digital agriculture comes in. In Texas, 2022 was one of the driest years on record.

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Surveying Community Webs Members’ Digital Preservation Needs

Archive-It

Among the needs program members discussed at the spring meeting was support for digital preservation, particularly in the way of organizational advocacy for training, staff, funding, and technology. Out of those 51 members, 49 members (96%) expressed an organizational need or mandate to preserve digital content over the long-term.

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Spotlight: Saving Time with “A Step Saving Kitchen”

Unwritten Record

It comes from the Records of the Department of Agriculture, in the series “Public Information and Training Motion Picture and Television Productions, 1990 – 1995”, which consists of films produced or acquired to document agriculture, forestry, and home economics. Demonstration of revolving corner cabinets.

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CISA, FBI, NSA warn of the increased globalized threat of ransomware

Security Affairs

Almost any sector was hit by sophisticated, high-impact ransomware attacks, including the Defense Industrial Base, Emergency Services, Food and Agriculture, Government Facilities, and Information Technology Sectors. Cybersecurity agencies from the U.K., ” reads the joint advisory.

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Turning climate risks into business opportunities 

IBM Big Data Hub

In the US, the Texas Department of Agriculture identified climate change as a potential threat to the state’s food supply. The state experienced one of its driest years on record in 2022. Smallholder farmers didn’t know how much water to use for specific crops.

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Australia: Consumer Data Right pipeline to cast a wide net

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

agriculture. Make no mistake, the technology, business process implementation, training and staffing effort to implement this regime is significant. These sectors include: insurance (both general and health insurance); groceries; loyalty schemes; non-bank lenders; superannuation; transport; government; health; education; and.