If cybercrime was its own country, it would have the third largest economy after the U.S. and China. That's how lucrative it is. And that's why agriculture is the second-largest target. Because farming and food is critical infrastructure, cyber criminals know that there will be a payout to restore those agribusinesses: think grain cooperatives, meat packers and most recently ION Trading. Special Agent Byron Franz with the Milwaukee Division of the FBI has the details.

If cybercrime was its own country, it would have the third largest economy after the U.S. and China. That's how lucrative it is. And that's why agriculture is the second-largest target. Because farming and food is critical infrastructure, cyber criminals know that there will be a payout to restore those agribusinesses: think grain cooperatives, meat packers and most recently ION Trading. Special Agent Byron Franz with the Milwaukee Division of the FBI has the details.

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