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$5.9M ransomware attack on farming co-op may cause food shortage
- foolzcrow 5y agoSo all the hacks just happen to align with "The Great Reset" agenda bullet points?
- architect 5y ago> BlackMatter's Tor leak site states the group does not attack hospitals, oil and gas companies, non-profit and government organizations, and those in the defense sector Because that's who they are
- amenod 5y agoI see an opportunity for supplying enterprizes with an easy to integrate "turn back time" solution. And I don't mean backups, but rather filesystems / SSD disks / ... It will be interesting to see how this gets solved.
- j_walter 5y agoI'm not sure I would agree with New Cooperative's assessment that this could be a bigger impact than the pipeline attack earlier this year. They are the 51st largest farm cooperative in the US...compared with the Colonial Pipeline providing 45% of the fuel on the East Coast. Food spoilage is one thing, but the impact of not having fuel caused not only shortages but panic as well.
- 0x000000001 5y agoMaybe they could apply patches occasionally since they're so important to the economy.
- didntknowya 5y agoany company big enough to be targeted can make up some excuse to be "critical" but yet still can't be bothered to step up their cybersecurity?