Old MacDonald Had a Breach: Cyber Risks on the Connected Farm - Dr J

BSides San Antonio 2026 June 13 at St. Mary's University Farms aren’t just dirt and diesel anymore—they’re IoT networks with tractors. Smart irrigation, GPS, livestock HVAC, and connected sensors run smart farms. The attack surface has moved to the back field. This talk dives into how cyber attacks could hit smart farming: spoofed GPS sending tractors sideways, irrigation systems flooding fields, and barn HVAC cooking chickens. Funny? Maybe. Realistic? Absolutely. Because if you can root a router, you can probably root a root crop.