Security News > 2021 > September > Crystal Valley Farm Coop Hit with Ransomware

Crystal Valley, a Minnesota-based farm supply and grain marketing cooperative, has become the second U.S. agriculture business to be hit with a ransomware attack this week.

Crystal Valley confirmed in a Facebook post that it had been alerted to the attack on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 19.

"Crystal Valley has been targeted in a ransomware attack. The attack has infected our computer systems and interrupted the daily operations of our company," according to the Facebook post.

The Crystal Valley attack followed fast on the heels of another ransomware hit on a U.S. food business over the weekend.

For its part, DarkSide had launched a ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline leading up to Memorial Day Weekend, leading to gas hoarding.

Anurag Kahol, CTO and co-founder of Bitglass, told Threatpost on Wednesday that the Crystal Valley attack highlights how common ransomware attacks against critical infrastructure have become.

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