{"id":18963,"date":"2021-10-11T22:28:05","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T18:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/hacking-agriculture-defcon29\/18963\/"},"modified":"2021-10-11T22:28:17","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T18:28:17","slug":"hacking-agriculture-defcon29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/hacking-agriculture-defcon29\/18963\/","title":{"rendered":"Farm equipment security at DEF CON 29"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the most unusual presentations at the DEF CON 29 conference, held in early August, covered farm equipment vulnerabilities found<\/a> by an Australian researcher who goes by the alias Sick Codes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Vulnerabilities affecting the major manufacturers John Deere and Case IH were found not in tractors and combine harvesters, but in web services more familiar to researchers. Through them, it was possible to gain direct control over multi-ton and very expensive equipment, which poses a particular danger.<\/p>\n

Modern agricultural machinery<\/h2>\n

For those unfamiliar with modern farming, the price of machinery seems astronomical. In his presentation, Sick Codes explained why tractors and combine harvesters are so expensive.\u00a0 The best examples of modern agricultural machinery are computerized and automated to a fairly high degree. This is illustrated by the example of the John Deere 9000 Series forage harvester, which is advertised as follows:<\/p>\n