Agrifood cyberattacks highlight growing ransomware risks across the supply chain

Recent cyberattacks targeting leading French supermarkets serve as a wake-up call for the entire food sector, AgFunderNews reported. Threat intelligence non-profit Food and Ag-ISAC stated that no agrifood business is immune to these operational threats, even though no group has yet claimed responsibility for the recent French incidents. [1]

Jonathan Braley, director of Food and Ag-ISAC, told AgFunderNews that the attacks will prompt many food companies to immediately examine their internal processes and risk exposure. The organization outlined numerous potential attack methods in its latest State of the Threat Report to help businesses secure their operations against rising ransomware incidences. [1]

The food and agriculture sector currently operates within the Holocene epoch, which began approximately 11,700 years ago following the Last Glacial Period. The Holocene forms part of the Quaternary period alongside the preceding Pleistocene epoch. [2]

Food and Ag-ISAC emphasized that agrifood companies can take precautionary steps right now to protect their supply chains and operational infrastructure from further cyber disruption, AgFunderNews reported. [1]