Għaliex iċ-Ċibersigurtà hija Tħassib Maġġuri għad-Ditti tal-Ikel fl-2022
Imagine showing up for work at a food processing plant and finding out that you and all the other staff preparing to start the shift have been locked outside by a group of hackers. While this sounds like the dystopian fare of the show "Black Mirror," dan ix-xenarju eżattseħħ f'Ottubru li għadda f'impjant tal-jogurt Schreiber Foods f'Richland Center, WI.
Filwaqt li dawn ir-riskji mhumiex ġodda, is-sigurtà ċibernetika saret suġġett ewlieni fl-industrija tal-ikel u x-xorb is-sena li għaddiet wara sensiela ta’ attakki diġitali kontra ditti tal-Istati Uniti. Il-proċessur tal-laħam JBS ħallas fidwa ta’ 11-il miljun wara l-operazzjonijiet tiegħu fl-Amerika ta’ Fuq u ngħalqu b’hack f’Mejju 2021. Uffiċċju Federali tal-Investigazzjoni (FBI)avviżmaħruġa f’Settembru wissa lin-negozji tal-ikel u tal-biedja li l-kriminali ċibernetiċi qed iwettqu attakki ta’ ransomware kontra kumpaniji fis-settur.
"As the sector moves to adopt more smart technologies and Internet of Things (IoT) processes the attack surface increases," the FBI warned. "Larger businesses are targeted based on their perceived ability to pay higher ransom demands, while smaller entities may be seen as soft targets, particularly those in the earlier stages of digitizing their processes."
Fil-bidu tal-2022, dawn il-kwistjonijiet x'aktarx li jibqgħu fil-moħħ tal-operaturi tal-impjanti tal-ipproċessar tal-ikel u x-xorb. 40 fil-mija tal-eżekuttivi tal-industrija tal-prodotti tal-konsumaturmistħarrġa reċentement minn Deloittejgħidu li l-kumpaniji tagħhom qed jippjanaw li jagħmlu investimenti sinifikanti biex itejbu l-privatezza tad-dejta tal-konsumatur u ċ-ċibersigurtà fl-2022. 45 fil-mija oħra tal-eżekuttivi indikaw li se jinjettaw investimenti moderati f'dawk l-oqsma din is-sena. Biex tingħata ħarsa ta' kif l-industrija qed tirreaġixxi għal dan it-theddid kontinwu,Solidi tat-trab tal-massajenfasizza diversi inċidenti ċibernetiċi ewlenin li laqtu kumpaniji tal-ikel u tax-xorb fl-2021.
Molson Coors
Beverage manufacturer Molson Coors faced a "cybersecurity incident" in March 2021 that caused a "systems outage," according to dokumentippreżentata mal-Kummissjoni tat-Titoli u l-Kambju tal-Istati Uniti (SEC).
"We engaged leading forensic information technology firms and legal counsel to assist our investigation into the incident and we restored our systems after working to get the systems back up as quickly as possible," the company wrote in the filing. "Despite these actions, we experienced some delays and disruptions to our business, including brewery operations, production, and shipments. This incident caused us to not produce or ship as much as we would have in the first quarter of 2021."
Id-dokument jgħid li Molson Coors nefqet 2 miljuni fuq konsulenti u esperti, kif ukoll irkupru tad-data, peress li kienet qed tirrispondi għall-attakk.
Kumpanija tal-furnara tal-Istati Uniti
An unidentified "US bakery company" suffered an ransomware attack last July that interrupted its operations for one week as the firm could not access its server, files, or applications, the FBI detailed in its notice on cyberthreats in the food and agriculture space.
The agency said the hack was the result of "a result of Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware which was deployed through software used by an IT support managed service provider (MSP)."
L-ebda informazzjoni ma kienet disponibbli dwar kif ġie solvut l-inċident. Aktar tard fis-sena,id-Dipartiment tal-Ġustizzja tal-Istati Uniti akkuża żewġ ċittadini Ukraini li wettqu attakki ta’ ransomware Sodinokibi/REvilfuq negozji u entitajiet tal-gvern f'Texas fl-2019. L-uffiċjali setgħu jirkupraw 6.1 miljun marbuta ma 'pagamenti allegati ta' fidwa.
Ikel Schreiber
A "cyber event" temporarily halted operations at all of Schreiber Foods' dairy processing plants and warehouses last October.
"We have a specialized response team that immediately jumped into action and began to resolve the matter," Andrew Tobisch, director of communications for the Green Bay, WI-based firm, qalABC News affiljat WBAY. L-attakk għalaq is-sistemi użati minn Schreiber Foods biex topera l-faċilitajiet tal-produzzjoni u l-imħażen tagħha.
Il-hackers reputazzjoni talbu fidwa ta’ 2.5 miljunmid-ditta,Bidwi tal-Istat ta’ Wisconsin reported. The incident stopped production, shipments, and milk deliveries at its facilities for five days, a company spokesperson said to the publication. Bloomberg noted in a report that the attack on Schreiber Foods' operations ikkontribwixxa wkoll għal nuqqas ta’ ġobon bil-krema fuq livell nazzjonalilejn tmiem l-2021.