Reading Time: < 1 minute Federated Co-op says it's opening more cardlocks every day after a "cybersecurity incident" late last week, the company said on social media yesterday evening.
Federated Co-op cardlocks “fully operational” company says
A "cybersecurity incident" led to the shutdown of some cardlocks and affected inventories at some grocery stores
Some farm dealerships back online after cyber attack
Dealers forced to turn to pen and paper after attack knocked out inventory software
Reading Time: 2 minutes Brian Osterndorff, chair of the board of the Canadian Equipment Dealers Association, and president and CEO of Robert’s Farm Equipment, a seven-store group in Ontario, said on June 26 that they had just been informed that they could use the system again.
Cyber attack frustrates farm equipment dealers
Dealers forced to use manual processes after software provider hacked
Reading Time: 2 minutes CDK provides business management software to dealers of all makes of farm equipment, so major dealers of John Deere, CNH and are working without digital systems across the country. CDK is also the leading provider of management software to automobile dealers and thousands of those dealerships are offline.
Activists target Ontario hog farm with ransomware
'We are dealing with adversaries whose motivation is not money'
Reading Time: 3 minutes A ransomware on a small Ontario hog business is something a cybersecurity expert says needs more attention from the agriculture industry. Instead of cash, the attackers demanded the hog business owners publicly admit to what they alleged to be livestock mistreatment. The occurrence was unique and alarming, says Ali Dehghantanha, Canada research chair in cybersecurity […] Read more
Cyberattack a $23 million hit on Maple Leaf ledger
Company refused to pay ransom
Reading Time: 3 minutes Last fall’s ransomware attack at pork and poultry packer Maple Leaf Foods led to an “adverse economic impact” of $23 million or more on the company’s bottom line as it worked to restore systems, officials said. The company on Thursday released that estimate as part of its fourth-quarter financial report, in which it booked a […] Read more
Canada to boost defence, cyber security in Indo-Pacific policy
New policy document puts focus on 'disruptive' China
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ottawa | Reuters — Canada launched its long-awaited Indo-Pacific strategy on Sunday, outlining $2.3 billion in spending to boost military and cyber security in the region and vowed to deal with a “disruptive” China while working with it on climate change and trade issues. The plan detailed in a 26-page document said Canada will tighten […] Read more
Cybersecurity ‘incident’ hits Maple Leaf systems
Grocery firm Empire also dealing with IT grief
Reading Time: 2 minutes Some information technology (IT) systems at Canadian pork and poultry packer Maple Leaf Foods have been downed in what the company described Monday as a “cybersecurity incident.” The company said in a release Monday that it “took immediate action and engaged cybersecurity and recovery experts” when it learned of the problem, and its in-house and […] Read more
Quebec’s UPA hit by ransomware attack
Farm organization, affiliate bodies affected
Reading Time: 2 minutes Quebec’s overarching farmer organization, l’Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA), has confirmed its computer systems were hit by a ransomware attack earlier this month. UPA, in a release last Thursday, said it’s working with a cybersecurity firm to analyze the nature and scope of the attack, as well as any possible solutions to securely restore its […] Read more
Cyber-attacks on the rise in the ag sector
Ransomware attacks could target critical supply chains during planting and harvest seasons
Reading Time: 4 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – Digital tech has been a double-edged sword for agriculture; it grows the sector but also exposes it to cyber security risks. “The agricultural sector has increasingly become a target of cyber-attacks in ways that can cause serious disruption to the livelihoods of rural communities and to critical infrastructures, including supply chains,” said […] Read more
Farm cybersecurity campaign seeks farmer input
CSKA online survey open until Feb. 18
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian farmers are being asked for their input on a federally-backed project to assess and improve cybersecurity in Canada’s ag sector. The Community Safety Knowledge Alliance, the lead organization on the Cyber Security Capacity in Canadian Agriculture project, has put up a voluntary online survey for farm operators, running until Feb. 18, “to look at […] Read more
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