Cybercriminals have hacked American grain producers, disrupting a key link in the US food supply chain. Prior to the attack, the FBI warned about the possible attack on food and agriculture producers.
The attack by BlackMatter, a group thought to be based in Russia, crosses one of President Biden’s red lines. Let’s hope he doesn’t drone some high-ranking Russian officials family.
In July Biden warned [more like asked] President Putin that Russian-based hackers should stay clear of 16 critical sectors of the US economy, one of which was food and agriculture, The Times UK reports.
Most thought Biden stupidly gave Putin a list of sectors that he could hit to destroy the economy.
According to The Times, New Co-operative, an alliance of soy and corn farmers with more than 8,000 members, was forced offline on Tuesday. Its system monitors food supply chains and feeding schedules for millions of chickens, hogs, and cattle.
There’s more to come.
The hackers threatened to publish the co-op’s data, including the confidential code to its soil-mapping technology, unless a ransom of $5.9 million was paid in untraceable cryptocurrency by September 25th.
Cyberattacks are escalating this year. Colonial Pipeline and JBS USA meat producers were both hacked this year. They both paid the ransom.
THE WARNING
Noth much happens in Russia with the mafia types without Russian President Putin knowing. He lets them operate.
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Biden said in mid-June that he gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a list of places he considered critical infrastructure in the United States, warning Russians not to attack them.
“I gave them a list. If I’m not mistaken, I don’t have it in front of me, 16 specific entities,” Biden said. “Sixteen defined as critical infrastructure under U.S. policy from the energy sector to our water systems.”
He might as well have said, hit these sectors.
He warned Russia that the listed critical infrastructure in the United States was “off-limits” in future attacks.
“I talked about the proposition that certain critical infrastructures should be off-limits to attack. Period,” he said. “By cyber or any other means.”
But Biden did not say he threatened Putin with consequences if the cyber attacks continued.
“He knows there are consequences,” Biden said. “He knows I will take action.”
Sure, let’s see what they are. Are you going to drone some innocent family?
Watch:
Biden says he gave Putin a list of 16 areas of critical infrastructure that “should be off-limits” for cyberattacks, including the energy sector and water supply
He says they agreed to have experts in their countries “work on specific understandings about what’s off-limits” pic.twitter.com/K8oKdAFZ2J
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 16, 2021
When is American Business going to learn how to protect their Information Assets? Companies can’t just depend on Laws to protect them from Hackers. Governments can’t really do much in advance when dealing with professionals. Remember, the DNC was hacked because the a Password of a significant player was “Password”. The safest way to keep important data secure is to keep it under lock and key and off the Internet. We have begun to require too much convenience. Trust me, the Russian Government doesn’t let it secrets sit around unencrypted on a server. There is reason the US Government has Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities. Why doesn’t Business keep it’s Secrets – secret? Besides, how do we know it was the Russians and not one of a dozen other Nations. US Intelligence has been wrong before.
Biden’s stupidly giving Putin a list of critical US entities to ‘please’ not hack is akin to Biden’s stupidly giving the Taliban a list of Afghans who helped the USA and asking them to please not kill them.
Joe Biden is a STUPID ASS!
This just in from KGB Putin-WTF you gonna do about it CCP Joe.
Did you hear about the Russian Sukhoi Su-35 fighters escorting the B-52 bombers out in the Pacific near their border?
Why it’s almost as if the Russians don’t respect Delaware Dementia.
Sound of crickets from the muh Russia crowd and recruiting offices are open to all purple haired Orange Man bad brigades.
With a population of 230 million do you seriously think Putin controls everything? Another Obiden delusion. This maniac is in charge of the codes and I hesitate to wonder if one of his unhinged threats may compel Putin to be proactive. The consequences are terrifying but that’s the situation with a festering lump of ChitCom vermin in control of our government.