
Cyber Risk on the Farm: Digital Threats Facing Australian Agriculture
Good People to Know by WFI
S3 · E3
Feb 19, 2026
10:59
Episode notes
In the last episode, Damien Gallagher spoke with Dr Kyle Mulrooney, co-Director of The Centre for Rural Criminology at the University of New England. The two spoke about rural crime impacts on farmers, their families and their communities. During the conversation they touched on one of the emerging threats to farms, cyber-crime.
With ABS data showing that one in five agricultural businesses have experienced a cyber incident, this is a real and growing threat. To find out more, Dr Kyle Mulrooney shares his insights into what cyber-crime looks like for agricultural businesses, how increased on-farm digitisation and automation are elevating risk levels and how farmers should be thinking about protecting their business.
Keywords
regional australia
farming
agriculture
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small business
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cyber security
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remote australia
crime
criminal
theft
trespass