Agricultural cooperatives have been warned by the FBI about ransomware attacks are more likely to happen during planting and harvest seasons. “Cyber actors may perceive cooperatives as lucrative targets with a willingness to pay due to the time-sensitive role they play in agricultural production,” FBI states. Some ways to mitigate these attacks include regularly backing up data and installing updates, software, and firmware as soon as they can.
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