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Whoa! FBI warns of ransomware gangs targeting food, agriculture orgs

The FBI says ransomware gangs are actively targeting and disrupting the operations of organizations in the food and agriculture sector, causing financial loss and directly affecting the food supply chain.

Ransomware gangs started focusing their attacks against this industry sector after food and agriculture orgs have become increasingly dependent on smart tech, industrial control systems (ICS), and internet-based automation systems.

"Food and agriculture businesses victimized by ransomware suffer significant financial loss resulting from ransom payments, loss of productivity, and remediation costs.”

#Cyberpandemic

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-warns-of-ransomware-gangs-targeting-food-agriculture-orgs
Latest “Russian hackers” Cyberattack targets Iowa grain co-op
as Food Supply chain latest to experience the #Cyberpandemic

Russian hackers leveled a ransomware attack on an Iowa farming co-op and demanded $5.9 million to unlock the computer networks used to keep food supply chains and feeding schedules on track for millions of chickens, hogs and cattle.

Fort Dodge-based New Cooperative, a member-owned alliance of farmers that sells corn and soy products, contained the breach and developed a workaround to continue accepting grain shipments and distributing feed, a person close to the company told The Washington Post, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive information.

But the cooperative took its computer network offline to isolate the incursion, the person said, and shuttered its soil-mapping software — a master-control system that optimizes irrigation and fertilizationb — as a precaution.

Farmers, meanwhile, have taken to using paper scale tickets to log their grain hauls as they drop them off at the cooperative, said Tim Luginsland, Wells Fargo’s food and agribusiness sector manager.

#SupplyChain

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/russian-hackers-target-iowa-grain-co-op-in-2459-million-ransomware-attack/ar-AAOG5X8
Cyberattack shuts down US grain distributor — (this is the third attack/distributor)

At least three U.S. grain distributors’ systems have been infected with ransomware in recent weeks, raising concerns that hackers have found an easy target in a vital part of the U.S. food supply chain.

All three known victims are Midwestern grain cooperatives that buy grain from farmers and then process, store and resell it for uses like livestock feed and fuel. The attacks, in which organized cybercriminals lock up organizations’ computers and demand ransom for a program to unlock them, has slowed the distributors’ operations, hampering their ability to quickly process grain as it comes in.

The timing is particularly bad, said Charles Hurburgh, the head of Iowa State University’s Grain Quality Laboratory.

“We’re going into harvest, and right now is when they’re taking in a large amount of grain and putting out a large amount of grain,” Hurburgh said. “It’s a real nasty situation.”

Like many industries, grain production involves heavily digitized operations that were previously done by hand. Hackers who deploy ransomware, locking up their computers and demanding payment, may not be able to stop the distributors entirely, but they can severely slow them down.

The largest of the three known victims, New Cooperative in Iowa, is still working to restore automated systems after it was hacked last month, a spokesperson said in a statement. An employee for another, Farmers Cooperative Co., also in Iowa, declined to comment, citing advice from the company’s attorneys. The third, Crystal Valley in Minnesota, didn’t respond to emails and voicemails.

Private files of all three have been published to ransomware hackers’ websites, which NBC News has viewed, a common tactic for ransomware hackers to deploy against victims who refuse to pay.

While grain is a key component to the U.S. food supply chain, its market is large enough that the country won’t see a noticeable effect from slowed production by three distributors, Hurburgh said.


#Cyberpandemic #usa

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ransomware-hackers-find-vulnerable-target-us-grain-supply-rcna2702
NSA Director warns cyberattacks on US Food Supply Chain in past weeks are escalating to become a “National Security Issue” after the attacks on grain companies in recent weeks.

#Cyberpandemic meets #SupplyChain
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A group of national security agencies have issued an advisory for the potential of ransomware cyberattacks against two U.S. food and agriculture organizations.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and National Security Agency (NSA) says the advisory includes technical details, analysis of the threat and actions to prevent an attack.

While the release doesn’t identify the targets, the agencies say the attack could be through BlackMatter ransomware, a tool that developers can profit from cybercriminal affiliates who deploy it.

Rob Joyce, Director of Cybersecurity at NSA, says the threat of cyberattacks has gone beyond impacts to a company but has risen to a national security issue.

https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/national-security-agencies-issue-cyber-threat-advisory-for-food-and-ag-sector/
NSA/CISA/EPA warn of rising incidence of Cyberattacks on municipal water and wastewater systems

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Security Agency (NSA) and the FBI issued a joint advisory warning that threat actors are targeting hardware and software that support drinking water and wastewater infrastructure operations.

CISA said Thursday that malicious cyber threats to information and operational technology networks, systems and devices could affect the sector's potable water delivery wastewater management efforts.

[ See full video report: https://www.iceagefarmer.com/2021/10/23/ceo-food-prices-to-explode-now-fbi-nsa-warn-of-cyberattacks-on-food-water-systems/ ]

#water #Cyberpandemic

https://www.executivegov.com/2021/10/cisa-warns-of-water-wastewater-infrastructure-security-threats/
DEVELOPING: Tesco says website and app down after hack attempt

Tesco's website and app have crashed after what the retail giant said were attempts "to interfere with our systems".

The possible hack at Britain's biggest supermarket began on Saturday with shoppers unable to order goods and track deliveries.

Tesco initially said there was "an issue", but in a Sunday update said there had been deliberate disruption.

The retailer sought to assure customers their data was safe.

But shoppers have complained about a lack of information, with many wanting to know how to cancel orders and whether they can get money back.

A Tesco spokesperson said: "There is no reason to believe that this issue impacts customer data and we continue to take ongoing action to make sure all data stays safe.

#Cyberpandemic

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-59027423
US being hit by huge cyber attacks, Microsoft warns

Hundreds of companies and organisations are being hit by a wave of cyber attacks, Microsoft has warned.

The hacking appears to be being perpetrated by the same group as led last year’s massive SolarWinds cyber attack, it said.

This time around, the attacks were looking to target “resellers and other technology service providers” of cloud services, Microsoft wrote in a new blog post.

It has notified 609 different companies that they have been targeted by the attacks over the summer, the company said. Only a small number of those had actually been successful.

US officials confirmed to the New York Times that the operation was underway, with one unnamed senior administration official calling it “unsophisticated, run-of-the mill operations that could have been prevented if the cloud service providers had implemented baseline cybersecurity practices.”

“This recent activity is another indicator that Russia [IAF: it never gets old!] is trying to gain long-term, systematic access to a variety of points in the technology supply chain and establish a mechanism for surveilling — now or in the future — targets of interest to the Russian government,” Microsoft wrote.

#Cyberpandemic

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-being-hit-huge-cyber-111758502.html
Azure Standard (one of larger bulk food services) hit by automated (BOT) attack on their site, causing delays to delivery:

Their site is still struggling, so I can’t link the press release. Delivery dates have been pushed back by 1 week in most cases, up to 2 weeks.

It is noteworthy that now Auguson Farms and Azure Standared are now affected by supply chain difficulties and cyberattacks.

#Cyberpandemic

https://www.azurestandard.com/healthy-living/press-release-azure-standard-adjusts-to-rapid-growth-amid-supply-chain-challenges/
Ukraine: Government websites down after “huge cyberattack”

The websites contained a message in Ukrainian, Russian and Polish, saying that Ukrainians' personal data has been leaked into the public domain. “Be afraid and expect the worst. This is for your past, present and future," the message read, in part.

The country's minister for digital transformation [!], Mykhailo Fedorov, insisted that personal data was safe, since “the operability of the websites, not the registries,” was affected by the hack. Fedorov said that some of the attacked websites were blocked by their administrators in order to contain the damage and investigate the attacks.

#Cyberpandemic

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/ukraine-government-websites-hacking-attack-82261780
Officials warn US Water supply “absolutely vulnerable” to cyberattacks.

Amazing how all our infrastructure is “suddenly” so vulnerable! #Cyberpandemic

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Cyber defenses for US drinking water supplies are "absolutely inadequate" and vulnerable to large-scale disruption by hackers, a senior official said Thursday.
"There's inadequate resilience to even a criminal sector," the official said. "The threshold of resilience is not what it needs to be."
President Joe Biden has attempted to address infrastructure cybersecurity but is limited by the fact that the vast majority of services are provided by private, not government, companies.

(But
given the right crisis I’m sure the feds could take control..!)

https://news.yahoo.com/us-says-national-water-supply-142023485.html
Ukraine defense ministry reports cyberattack — ATMs are NOT down — #Cyberpandemic

Multiple Ukrainian government websites and banking systems were inaccessible to users Tuesday afternoon. But so far it remains unclear who was behind the disruption, and the overall intent.

The outage, which impacted the website of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry and the Armed Services as well as two large Ukrainian banks, Privatbank and Oschadbank, was the result of a digital denial of service attack, according to multiple Ukrainian government agencies.

The reports quickly generated concern, especially given ongoing U.S. government warnings that Russia might launch a massive cyberattack impacting critical infrastructure in Ukraine, such as communications or banking, prior to an invasion. #FalseFlag

https://www.wbur.org/npr/1080876311/ukraine-hack-denial-of-service-attack-defense
Anonymous “Cyberattacks” Nestlé, world’s biggest food company, leaking 10GB of internal data including emails, account passwords, and client data in “retaliation” for the Swiss company’s continuing limited operations in Russia.

Nevermind 'anonymous' this is a message from the WEF technocrats to big companies: “if you don't play by our rules, we will roast you.”

#Cyberpandemic
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The hack comes a few days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called out Nestle for its continued relationship with Russia.

"'Good food. Good life.' This is the slogan of Nestlé. Your company that refuses to leave Russia," Zelensky said Saturday. "Even now — when there are threats from Russia to other European countries. Not only to us. When there is even nuclear blackmail from Russia."

Nestle later defended its decision not to pull out of Russia, noting that it made sweeping changes since President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine.

"We have significantly scaled back out activities in Russia: we have stopped all imports and exports from Russia, except for essential products," a spokesperson said in a statement to CNN.

https://www.ibtimes.com/anonymous-hackers-leak-10gb-nestle-company-data-refusing-leave-russia-3447188
BREAKING: FBI warns farmers that hackers are launching cyberattacks on food supply (even as people catch on to explosions at food processors)

Video report forthcoming. - @iceagefarmer

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“The FBI is warning farmers of potential hackers targeting the ag industry.

The agency said cyber-criminals might be more likely to go after farmers during the planting and harvesting seasons.

Six grain companies were targeted last fall, and two others have already been attacked this year, authorities said.

A major disruption of grain production would impact the entire food chain, something criminals take advantage of when trying to extort growers.

#FoodWars #Cyberpandemic

https://abc30.com/ransomware-attacks-fbi-warning-hackers-farming/11780157/
War on Food Goes Hot: FBI warns cyberattacks on farms -- One farm stands up

The food wars have gone hot -- and even the mainstream is noticing. Even as the fires and explosions destroying our food supply are broadly reported, the FBI warns of cyberattacks on farming infrastructure. As this awareness grows, one farm has stood up to NY state, refusing to comply with Bird Flu orders. Christian breaks it down in this Ice Age Farmer broadcast.

#iafvideo #fire #Cyberpandemic

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Hacker jailbreaks John Deere tractor, plays game of Doom

@iceagefarmer comment: The push for “Precision agriculture” and AgTech have sought to afford perfect data to the eye in the sky, at the expense of turning our most important machines — the ones responsible for growing food into cyberattack-vulnerable computers in the field.

#Cyberpandemic

https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/15/23306650/def-con-hacker-john-deere-tractors-run-doom-right-to-repair