About 160 UPA employees are unable to connect to the network, but the organization said there would be no immediate impact on farmers.
LONGUEUIL — The Union des producteurs agricoles, Quebec's agricultural union, has since Sunday added a It has been the target of impactful ransomware cyberattacks.
In an interview, UPA general manager Charles-Félix Ross called it a "massive cyberattack."
"The usual way," he said. Hackers "have managed to break in, infiltrate our computer systems, and paralyze our networks. They are demanding a ransom in exchange for the decryption key."
About 160 UPAs Twenty-three UPA client organizations, such as grain producers' unions, are also affected, with employees unable to connect to the network, whether from their offices in Longueuil or remotely. Other large organizations, such as the Milk and Pork Producers Union, which have their own information technology systems, have not been affected, Ross said.
He added that farmers would not be affected in the short term. , investigated. They are trying to determine the extent of the damage.
UPA has never suffered a cyberattack of this kind before, but "we are always protecting ourselves," he said. "But it's an epidemic. We need international intervention. Governments need to talk to each other and deploy police for the web." Headquartered Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) also said it had been targeted in a cyberattack.
UPA represents approximately 42,000 farmers and forestry workers in Quebec.
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