Security News > 2021 > September > Second farming cooperative shut down by ransomware this week
Minnesota farming supply cooperative Crystal Valley has suffered a ransomware attack, making it the second farming cooperative attacked this weekend.
Yesterday, Crystal Valley disclosed that their company was targeted with a ransomware attack on Sunday that led them to shut down IT systems, preventing payments using Visa, Mastercard, and Discover credit cards.
"On Sunday, September 19, Crystal Valley was alerted we had been targeted in a ransomware attack. This attack has infected the computer systems at Crystal Valley and severely interrupted the daily operations of the company," disclosed Crystal Valley in a notice on their website.
The attack on Crystal Valley marks the second farming cooperative attacked over the past weekend.
After Colonial Pipeline was shut down by a DarkSide ransomware attack and meat producer JBS was attacked by REvil, President Biden warned Russia's President Putin that critical infrastructure should be off limits for ransomware attacks.
There have been no signs of cooperation, and ransomware attacks against US organizations continue unabated.