Commentary
The U.S. agricultural sector is under attack, and Russian operatives appear to be the aggressors.
Last month, the FBI’s cyber division published an emergency statement. Ransomware actors “may be more likely to attack agricultural cooperatives during critical planting and harvest seasons,” warned the federal investigative agency. Coordinated attacks on the agricultural sector threaten the country’s “entire food chain.”
On May 5, just a few weeks after the FBI’s warning, AGCO, one of the largest manufacturers and distributors of agricultural machinery on the planet, suffered a ransomware attack. Headquartered in Duluth, Georgia, the attack impacted its operations for several days….