Insights and Stories on Ransomware

Some farm dealerships back online after cyber attack

Jun. 26, 2024 at 3:03 pm CDT

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.

Activists target Ontario hog farm with ransomware

Jul. 20, 2023 at 11:44 am CDT

By Matt McIntosh

Cyberattack a $23 million hit on Maple Leaf ledger

Mar. 9, 2023 at 9:26 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Quebec’s UPA hit by ransomware attack

Aug. 17, 2022 at 9:20 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Agco ransomware attack disrupts equipment sales

May. 6, 2022 at 6:04 pm CDT

By Bianca Flowers Nathan Gomes

Farm cybersecurity campaign seeks farmer input

Jan. 20, 2022 at 7:19 pm CST

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 […]

By GFM Staff

Spy agency sees ransomware attacks soaring

Dec. 6, 2021 at 4:28 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters — Global ransomware attacks increased by 151 per cent in the first half of 2021 compared with 2020 and hackers are set to become increasingly aggressive, Canada’s signals intelligence agency said on Monday. The Communications Security Establishment (CSE), citing attacks on North American health facilities and a […]

By Reuters

Minnesota grain handler targeted in ransomware attack

Sep. 23, 2021 at 4:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Minnesota agricultural co-operative Crystal Valley said it had been targeted in a ransomware attack in recent days, making it the second Midwestern farm-services provider in a week to be forced to take systems offline due to cybersecurity incidents. Crystal Valley, which sells supplies like fertilizer to […]

By Karl Plume Tom Polansek

JBS says it paid US$11 million in bitcoin for ransom

Jun. 10, 2021 at 3:58 pm CDT

Reuters — Meatpacker JBS USA paid a ransom equivalent to US$11 million (C$13.3 million) following a cyberattack that disrupted its North American and Australian operations, the company’s CEO said in a statement Wednesday. The subsidiary of Brazilian firm JBS halted cattle slaughtering at all of its U.S. plants and its […]

By Reuters

JBS says all facilities operating after weekend cyberattack

Jun. 3, 2021 at 8:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — All of meatpacker JBS SA’s global facilities are fully operational after a weekend cyberattack disrupted much of its North American and Australian operations, the company said on Thursday. The Brazilian meatpacker’s arm in the United States and Pilgrim’s Pride, a U.S. chicken company mostly owned by […]

By Tom Polansek

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