Iowa farm services provider hit with BlackMatter ransomware and $5.9 million ransom

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Jonathan Greig

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Jonathan Greig

| September 20, 2021 — 19:43 GMT (20:43 BST)

| Topic: Security

New Cooperative — an Iowa-based farm service provider — has been hit with a ransomware attack, continuing a streak of incidents affecting agricultural companies this year. 

The company did not respond to requests for comment but confirmed to Bloomberg News that it was suffering from a “cybersecurity incident” that impacted some of its devices and systems. They told Bloomberg reporters that they took systems offline to “contain the threat.”

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Jonathan Greig

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Jonathan Greig

| September 20, 2021 — 19:43 GMT (20:43 BST)

| Topic: Security