{"id":1453938,"date":"2022-04-26T08:59:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T12:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1453938"},"modified":"2022-04-26T08:59:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T12:59:41","slug":"fbi-warns-of-cyberattacks-on-u-s-food-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-warns-of-cyberattacks-on-u-s-food-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Warns of Cyberattacks on U.S. Food Plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffbi-warns-of-cyberattacks-on-u-s-food-plants%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1453938&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>The Federal Bureau of Investigation\u2019s (FBI) Cyber Division <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ic3.gov\/Media\/News\/2022\/220420-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">issued<\/a> a statement last week warning of potential ransomware attacks against the agricultural industry as more than a dozen food processing plants across the United States suffered damage from mysterious fires. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCyber actors may perceive [agricultural] cooperatives as lucrative targets with a willingness to pay due to the timesensitive role they play in agricultural production,\u201d the FBI notice warned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA 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,\u201d it added. \u201cIn 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The FBI\u2019s warning recommended several steps to mitigate cyber threats, including regularly backing up data, implementing a recovery plan, requiring administrative credentials to install software, focusing on cyber security awareness and training, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, an image circulated on social media showing a compilation of news headlines highlighting fires at 18 food processing facilities over the past six months.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is an odd coincidence \u2026<\/p>\n<p>18 U.S. food processing facilities burned down in the last six months. Azure Standard&#8217;s HQ burned down yesterday. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o5DnAQsIAO\">pic.twitter.com\/o5DnAQsIAO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WallStreetSilv\/status\/1516947217126506498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Also last week, Fox News host Tucker Carlson highlighted that for the second time in one week, a plane crashed into a food processing plant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFood processing plants all over the country seem to be catching fire,\u201d Tucker noted, adding, \u201cSo, industrial accidents happen, of course, but this is a lot of industrial accidents at food processing facilities at the same time the president is warning us about food shortages.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why are so many food processing plants and warehouses catching fire all of a sudden? And as I was sitting in the studio getting ready for the report\u2026 a plane crashed at a General Mills food facility in Georgia. I discussed the issue on Tucker Carlson Tonight. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QWJ3b6j65d\">pic.twitter.com\/QWJ3b6j65d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasonrantz\/status\/1517341372851703808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Seattle-based radio host Jason Rantz called the series of food processing plant fires \u201csuspicious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, when something happens every so often, you obviously hope that there is no significant damage and certainly that no one gets hurt, but you kind of write it off, it\u2019s not that big of a deal, accidents happen,\u201d Rantz said. \u201cBut when you\u2019ve got well over a dozen food processing plants and warehouses getting destroyed or seriously damaged over just the last few weeks at a time when the food supply is already vulnerable, it\u2019s obviously going to be suspicious, and it could lead to serious food shortages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why some folks are now wondering \u2014 well, number one, what\u2019s going on? You\u2019ve got some people speculating that this might be an intentional way to disrupt the food supply,\u201d Rantz added.<\/p>\n<p>In March, President Joe <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2022\/03\/biden-warns-food-shortages-will-hit-us-its-going-to-be-real\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biden warned of impending global food shortages<\/a> that he said would be caused by sanctions imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith regard to food shortage, yes, we did talk about food shortages. And \u2014 and it\u2019s going to be real,\u201d Biden said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Bureau of Investigation\u2019s (FBI) Cyber Division issued a statement last week warning of potential ransomware attacks against the agricultural industry as more than a dozen food processing plants<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1453938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1453938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1453938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1453938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1453938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}