A new report is highlighting how cybercriminals targeted the U.S. food and ag industries in 2023.
The Food and Agriculture-Information Sharing and Analysis Center’s (Food and Ag-ISAC) first annual Ransomware Report indicates out of the 2,905 ransomware incidents it counted in 2023, about 5.5 percent, or around 167 of them, affected U.S. ag and food.
“This made organizations in the sector the 7th most targeted industry vertical last year,” the report says.
For comparison, the critical manufacturing and financial services sectors experienced the most cyberattacks with 15.5 percent and 12.4 percent of the total, respectively.