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| ===Security flaws exposed sensitive customer information (''2021'')=== | | ===Security flaws exposed sensitive customer information (''2021'')=== |
| {{Main|John Deere security flaws exposed sensitive customer information}} | | {{Excerpt|John Deere security flaws exposed sensitive customer information}} |
| A number of security flaws in the software John Deere provided could have allowed hackers to find and download the personal data of all owners of the company’s farming vehicles and equipment.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |author=Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |date=22 April 2021 |title=Bugs Allowed Hackers to Dox John Deere Tractor Owners |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/bugs-allowed-hackers-to-dox-all-john-deere-owners/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251219042942/https://www.vice.com/en/article/bugs-allowed-hackers-to-dox-all-john-deere-owners/ |archive-date=19 Dec 2025 |publisher=Vice Media |language=en |format=article}}</ref> John Deere downplayed the impact while simultaneously increasing their security practices.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Laurie Bedord |date=23 Apr 2021 |title=John Deere Addresses the Ongoing Risks of Living in a Digital World |url=https://www.agriculture.com/news/technology/john-deere-addresses-the-risks-of-living-in-a-digital-world |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250723043851/https://www.agriculture.com/news/technology/john-deere-addresses-the-risks-of-living-in-a-digital-world |archive-date=23 Jul 2025 |publisher=Successful Farming |language=en |format=article}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |author=Rossmann |first=Louis |date=25 Apr 2021 |title=John Deere instigates hackers, gets hacked again |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB_SleNKBus |url-status=live |archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=rB_SleNKBus |archive-date=23 Feb 2026 |publisher=YouTube |language=en |format=video |ref=Rossmann-video-2}}</ref> Later in 2024, security jobs opened and they started to partner up with security researchers.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Paul F. Roberts |date=14 Apr 2021 |title=184 Years In: Ag Giant John Deere Awaits Its First Software Vulnerability |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulfroberts/2021/04/14/184-years-in-ag-giant-john-deere-awaits-its-first-software-vulnerability/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250723050713/https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulfroberts/2021/04/14/184-years-in-ag-giant-john-deere-awaits-its-first-software-vulnerability/ |archive-date=23 Jul 2025 |publisher=Forbes |format=article}}</ref>
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| ===Failure to uphold signed right-to-repair agreement (''2021 - Present'')=== | | ===Failure to uphold signed right-to-repair agreement (''2021 - Present'')=== |
| {{Main|John Deere fails to uphold right to repair agreement}} | | {{Excerpt|John Deere fails to uphold right to repair agreement}} |
| In 2018, John Deere entered a voluntary agreement to provide manuals, training, and diagnostic software for tractors available to purchase by January 1, 2021. However, the company does not appear to have fulfilled this commitment, nor does it seem to have plans to do so in the near future.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Joel Hruska |date=23 Feb 2021 |title=John Deere Fails to Uphold Right to Repair Agreement Signed in 2018 |url=https://www.extremetech.com/electronics/320183-john-deere-fails-to-uphold-right-to-repair-agreement-signed-in-2018 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250930030704/https://www.extremetech.com/electronics/320183-john-deere-fails-to-uphold-right-to-repair-agreement-signed-in-2018 |archive-date=30 Sep 2025 |publisher=Extreme Tech |language=en |format=article}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Rossmann |first=Louis |date=25 Feb 2021 |title=John Deere screws over farmers by weaseling out of agreement |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHfE_k1a0xQ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=ZHfE_k1a0xQ |archive-date=23 Feb 2026 |publisher=YouTube |language=en |format=video |ref=Rossmann-video-1}}</ref>
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| ===Lobbying against right to repair (''2020 - Present'')=== | | ===Lobbying against right to repair (''2020 - Present'')=== |