Devices and control systems: Agriculture, Canada 2025
At the end of October 2025, the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security reported several interventions by hacktivists in freely accessible industrial control systems.
- Incident · 10.2025 · Canada
- Evidence: confirmed by an authority
- Devices and control systems
As of
What happened
On a farm, the attackers changed the temperature and humidity in a grain drying silo. The authority warns that such interventions can cause dangerous conditions if they are not noticed in time.
- Affected
- Company (anonymous)
- Industry
- Agriculture
- Loss
- no reliable figure
- Business interruption
- unknown
- Ransom demanded / paid
- no / no
- Data affected
- unknown
- Bankruptcy
- no
- Entry point
- Internet-accessible control system (ICS) of a grain drying silo
What would cyber insurance have paid?
That depends on the terms. Whether those affected were insured: unknown.
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Property damage caused by an attack
Spoiled goods, damaged machine
Mostly not covered 0 of 9 business products cover it fully, as an add-on or with limits.
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Immediate help in an emergency
Hotline, IT forensics, crisis PR and legal advice
Mostly covered 7 of 9 business products cover it fully, as an add-on or with limits.
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Loss of income after an attack
Business interruption, only after the waiting period
Mostly covered 7 of 9 business products cover it fully, as an add-on or with limits.
Overview based on public policy terms, as of 06.11.2026. Only your policy and its general terms and conditions (GTC) are binding. No confirmation of cover.
What we can learn
Control systems for temperature and climate should never be connected to the internet without protection.
Sources
- AL25-016: Internet-accessible industrial control systems (ICS) abused by hacktivists (opens in a new window) Canadian Centre for Cyber Security · 2025-10-29
«where temperature and humidity levels were manipulated, resulting in potentially unsafe conditions if not caught on time»