Commentary The Department of Homeland Security has declared the United States has 16 “critical infrastructure sectors.” Translated, that means these enterprises are crucial to a safe and orderly society. The sectors include: food and agriculture, water, medical and health care, energy, transportation, telecommunications, law enforcement and, of course, our defense systems. With increasing regularity foreign-based cybercriminals are attacking these vital systems and temporarily crippling essential services. Why? Sometimes these keyboard terrorists simply want to create mayhem. More often they are mining for government or corporate secrets, and quite often they seek ransom before they unblock a victim’s disabled computer system. Item: On June 1, 2021, we learned that JBS, the world’s largest meat producer suffered a massive ransomware attack and had to cease operations at 13 U.S. processing plants. There was worry that consumers might face a beef, pork, and poultry shortage. Thankfully, the company had cybersecurity plans in place …
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