FBI warns agricultural sector of heightened risk of ransomware attacks

Photo caption: An aerial view shows corn planting on a farm near Dwight, Illinois in April 2020. Photo credit: Scott Olson / Getty Images. Article by Suzanne Smalley. CyberScoop – April 20, 2022.

The FBI on Wednesday alerted food and agriculture companies to be prepared for ransomware operatives to potentially attack agricultural entities during planting and harvest seasons — a time frame the feds warned is more likely to draw the attention of ransomware actors bent on leveraging the sector at its most vulnerable, including now as the spring planting season gets underway. […]

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