Now, farmers can even use drone technology without having to transverse countless acres. They can monitor the movements, feeding, and even chewing patterns of every cow in their herd. However, a greater reliance on technology could endanger our farmers. More technology means more potential for hacks that might put the food supply chain in danger.
For more such technologies, like automated feeding and watering systems, autonomous soil treatment systems or even smart heat pumps or air conditioners, that enable connecting to the internet – known in the security circles as “endpoints” – there is a risk of their vulnerabilities being exploited by threat actors.
It is crucial that software manufacturers in the agriculture industry give security a high priority in their components and products in order to proactively address these dangers. From the farm to the store, security must be integrated into every step of this supply chain to guarantee that entire systems are kept safe from any potential intrusions. These are not some simple threats, hackers are employing ransomware to target specific farms while jailbreaking tractors. More than 40,000 members of the Union des producteurs agricoles in Quebec were affected by a ransomware attack earlier this month.
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents