A major US provider of farming equipment, AGCO, suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted its production and business operation.
The company’s systems got infected with malware that made the servers become inaccessible and forced production at the affected company sites to stop.
AGCO immediately launched an investigation to know the extent of the attack and restore the operations.
Source: https://www.pcmag.com/news/ransomware-attack-hits-major-farming-equipment-maker-agco
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/agco-corporation
"id": "agc489522",
"linkid": "agco-corporation",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "05/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "6",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the economy of a geographical region"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Farming Equipment',
'location': 'US',
'name': 'AGCO',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Malware Infection',
'description': 'A major US provider of farming equipment, AGCO, suffered a '
'ransomware attack that disrupted its production and business '
'operation. The company’s systems got infected with malware '
'that made the servers become inaccessible and forced '
'production at the affected company sites to stop. AGCO '
'immediately launched an investigation to know the extent of '
'the attack and restore the operations.',
'impact': {'downtime': 'Production Stopped',
'operational_impact': 'Disrupted Production and Business Operation',
'systems_affected': ['Servers', 'Production Systems']},
'investigation_status': 'Ongoing',
'response': {'recovery_measures': 'Launched an investigation to know the '
'extent of the attack and restore the '
'operations'},
'title': 'Ransomware Attack on AGCO',
'type': 'Ransomware Attack'}