David Shipley: The food supply is a glaring cybersecurity weakness we aren't fixing (The Line)

Cyber attacks in the United Kingdom and Europe are crippling grocery chains and food distribution companies, leaving company CEOs in shock and store shelves bare. It’s the type of crime story that seems ripped out of the pages of a William Gibson cyberpunk dystopia — disaffected teens lured into cybercrime online and using leased Russian cyber weapons to wreak havoc on everyday life.

But it’s not the stuff of fiction — it’s the last few weeks of living nightmares for grocery chains and customers, and it’s a warning for North America. We could be next.

And in a way, actually, we were first. Not that we cared  ...

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