The FBI will host an event exploring agricultural cyber risks in Omaha, Nebraska amid growing concerns of cyber attacks on US agriculture as farms embrace precision agriculture.
Agriculture
Episode 242: Hacking the Farm (and John Deere) with Sick Codes
In our latest podcast, Paul caught up with Sick Codes (@sickcodes) to talk about his now-legendary presentation at the DEF CON Conference in Las Vegas, in which he demonstrated a hack that ran the Doom first person shooter on a John Deere 4240 touch-screen monitor.
UPDATE DEF CON DOOM Patrol: Deere Jailbreak Raises Questions on Security, Competition
A researcher presented the results of a year-long effort to reverse engineer John Deere hardware to run a version of the DOOM first person shooter. He also discovered a number of security flaws along the way.
Cyber Attack Halts Production at Ag Equipment Maker AGCO Fendt
A cyber attack has disrupted the operations of AGCO/Fendt, a major manufacturer of agricultural equipment, the company has acknowledged.
Feel Good Ukraine Tractor Story Highlights Ag Cyber Risk
The good news? John Deere bricked expensive farm equipment taken by thieving Russian troops. The bad news: those same remote access features could be used to launch crippling, large scale attacks on US farms.
