INTEL:
Over 70% of U.S. produce moves through fewer than ten distribution hubs. Cold-chain failures of just six hours can ruin entire shipments. Most agricultural processors still run vulnerable, unsegmented SCADA networks. Indoor farms rely heavily on HVAC, nutrient dosing, and spectral lighting control. Automation logs can be falsified when optimization engines are compromised. Leafy greens, herbs, and microgreens dominate indoor farming due to fast cycles. Ransomware attacks in food manufacturing have tripled in the last five years. Plant defense compounds can become toxic under the wrong environmental triggers. FSMA Rule 204 Food Traceability List requirement on hold. Over 70% of U.S. produce moves through fewer than ten distribution hubs. Cold-chain failures of just six hours can ruin entire shipments. Most agricultural processors still run vulnerable, unsegmented SCADA networks. Indoor farms rely heavily on HVAC, nutrient dosing, and spectral lighting control. Automation logs can be falsified when optimization engines are compromised. Leafy greens, herbs, and microgreens dominate indoor farming due to fast cycles. Ransomware attacks in food manufacturing have tripled in the last five years. Plant defense compounds can become toxic under the wrong environmental triggers. FSMA Rule 204 Food Traceability List requirement on hold.

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"A recipe for digital destruction"

Dark Recipe

When thousands fall ill after a festival, agencies see an outbreak. Controls engineer Knox Ramsey sees fingerprints in the data—manipulated setpoints, corrupted telemetry, falsified logs. The weapon isn't a pathogen; it's the recipe that tells machines what to do. From Detroit to Shanghai, Knox traces a breach through real industrial systems while federal response grinds under pressure, and a single corrupted parameter threatens to turn the food supply into a delivery mechanism.

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Knox Ramsey

Meet Knox Ramsey — a systems innovator whose engineering work keeps the silent machinery of modern life running. He's spent his career building and safeguarding the kinds of platforms most people never think about—until something goes catastrophically wrong.

When one of those systems begins to fail in deadly, inexplicable ways, Knox becomes the only person capable of exposing the truth, because he understands how things really work—and how they can be turned into weapons from the inside out.

The Knox Ramsey universe explores the intersection of cutting-edge technology and human ambition, where cyber warriors navigate moral gray areas in defense of digital sovereignty. Each story peels back layers of the invisible infrastructure that powers our world, revealing the high-stakes drama of modern espionage.

Threat Landscape

Supply Chain
Critical Distribution Hubs

The U.S. food supply relies on a concentrated network of distribution centers. A coordinated attack on just a handful of facilities could disrupt supply chains nationwide.

Infrastructure
SCADA Vulnerabilities

Legacy industrial control systems in agricultural facilities often lack modern security measures, leaving critical processes exposed to remote exploitation.

Automation
Indoor Farm Systems

Controlled environment agriculture depends on precisely calibrated environmental controls. Compromising these systems could turn growing facilities into chemical hazards.

Data Integrity
Log Manipulation

When optimization algorithms are compromised, falsified logs can mask dangerous conditions while systems appear to operate normally—until it's too late.

Cold Chain
Temperature Control

Small disruptions in refrigeration can cascade through entire supply chains. Six hours without proper cooling can render tons of perishable goods unsafe.

Biological
Environmental Triggers

Plants produce natural defense compounds that are harmless under normal conditions. Manipulated growing parameters can trigger toxic accumulations in edible crops.

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