by Brian Shilhavy
Editor, Health Impact News

I have been warning the public for many years now about how fragile our food system is, where just a handful of companies control most of our nation’s food, as well as most of the world’s food.

Last year I published an article that identified who these globalists are, written by Sam Parker of Behind the News Network, who wrote: “Genocide is an intent of this system, not a side-effect.” See:

Unmasking The Global Food Cartel: Is Massive Starvation and Population Reduction Their Next Move?

If you have not read this article yet, please consider it MUST READING!

There are many indications that food shortages will soon start, from the war in Ukraine to the lockdowns in Shanghai and China, that are putting tremendous pressure on supply chains that will most certainly impact food security across the globe.

In addition, it has been widely reported this week in both the corporate and alternative media that there have been a rash of food processing plants catching on fire all of a sudden.

But perhaps the biggest indicator that food shortages are on the horizon in the not-too-distant future, was a published FBI warning regarding potential “Ransomware Attacks on Agricultural Cooperatives.”

Summary

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is informing Food and Agriculture (FA) sector partners that ransomware actors  may be more likely to attack agricultural cooperatives during critical planting and harvest seasons, disrupting operations,  causing financial loss, and negatively impacting the food supply chain. The FBI noted ransomware attacks during these  seasons against six grain cooperatives during the fall 2021 harvest and two attacks in early 2022 that could impact the  planting season by disrupting the supply of seeds and fertilizer. Cyber actors may perceive cooperatives as lucrative targets with a willingness to pay due to the timesensitive role they play in agricultural production. Although ransomware attacks  against the entire farm-to-table spectrum of the FA sector occur on a regular basis, the number of cyber attacks against  agricultural cooperatives during key seasons is notable.

According to a February 2022 Joint Cybersecurity Advisory authored by cybersecurity authorities in the United States,  Australia, and the United Kingdom, ransomware tactics and techniques continued to evolve in 2021. Sophisticated, high-impact ransomware incidents against critical infrastructure organizations increased globally. The FBI, the Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the National Security Agency (NSA) observed incidents involving ransomware  against 14 of the 16 U.S. critical infrastructure sectors, including FA, the Defense Industrial Base, Emergency Services,  Government Facilities, and Information Technology Sectors.

Threat

Since 2021, multiple agricultural cooperatives have been impacted by a variety of ransomware variants. Initial intrusion  vectors included known but unpatched common vulnerabilities and exploits, as well as secondary infections from the  exploitation of shared network resources or compromise of managed services. Production was impacted for some of the  targeted entities, resulting in slower processing due to manual operations, while other targeted entities lost access to  administrative functions such as websites and email but did not have production impacted.

A significant disruption of grain production could impact the entire food chain, since grain is not only consumed by humans  but also used for animal feed. In addition, a significant disruption of grain and corn production could impact commodities  trading and stocks. An attack that disrupts processing at a protein or dairy facility can quickly result in spoiled products and  have cascading effects down to the farm level as animals cannot be processed.

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