World's Largest Meat Supplier Hit By Cyberattack That Shuts Down Plants In Australia And Canada

 

Daily Mail: World's biggest meat supplier JBS is hit by cyberattack that shuts down plants in Australia and Canada - just weeks after Colonial Pipeline operations were halted by Russian infrastructure hack 

* The U.S. division of Brazilian meat company JBS announced the hack on Sunday 

* The U.S. headquarters also controls operations in Canada and Australia 

* Canada and Australia both reported shut downs in their work due to the hack 

* The U.S. is not believed to have been affected so far by the hack 

* It is unclear who is behind the attack, which shut down their computer systems 

* In early May Russian hackers from Dark Side shut down the Colonial Pipeline 

* They were paid a $4.4 million ransom after the vital fuel artery was closed 

The world's largest meat supplier has been hit by a cyberattack, with hackers shutting down internal computer systems and forcing the company to suspend parts of its operations in Canada and Australia. 

JBS, a Brazilian meat company which operates in 15 countries and employs 250,000 people, announced on Sunday that it had been attacked - weeks after the Colonial Pipeline, transporting fuel from Texas to the East Coast, was shut down by hackers from Russian-based group Dark Side. 

That hack caused days of misery for drivers, as fuel pumps ran dry amid panic-buying of gas. A $4.4 million ransom was paid after the May 7 attack, their CEO confirmed.  

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