AGCO Targeted in Ransomware Attack

On Friday,AGCO, a global manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment based in the U.S., including grain bin manufacturerGSI,announced it was subject to aransomware attack这影响了其一些生产设施。

AGCO did not disclose the names of the facilities or if any data was stolen, but said it was still probing the extent of the attack that occurred on Thursday and working to repair its systems.

预计该公司的业务运营将受到不利影响几天，并且可能会更长的时间，以完全恢复所有服务，具体取决于公司能够维修其系统的速度。

According toreports, the company's dealers were having a hard time accessing AGCO's website for ordering and parts information.

AGCO said it will provide updates as the situation progresses.

联邦调查局警告谷物合作社

4月20日，Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)in a newPrivate Industry Notification，警告农业飞行业ransomware actors may be more likely to attackagricultural cooperatives during critical 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,” the FBI stated.

Ransomware attacks against six grain cooperativesduring the fall 2021 harvest disrupted the food supply chain and two attacks in early 2022 could impact the planting season by disrupting the supply of seeds and fertilizer.

通知指出：“尽管（食品和农业）部门对整个农场到餐桌的范围进行了定期发生的勒索软件攻击，但在关键季节期间针对农业合作社的网络攻击数量是值得注意的。”

AGCO, which competes with Deere & Co., sells tractors and combines, manufactures and assembles products in 42 locations worldwide with 1,810 dealerships in North America. AGCO acquiredGSIin 2011, which named it one of its fivecore brands。其他主要品牌包括Massey Ferguson，Challenger，Fendt和Valtra。

—丽莎刀刀