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CHICAGO (Reuters) -JBS canceled shifts at large U.S. and Canadian meat plants on Tuesday after the company was hit by a cyberattack over the weekend, threatening to disrupt food supply chains and further inflate food prices.
FILE PHOTO: A general view of the JBS USA Worthington pork plant, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Worthington, Minnesota, U.S., October 28, 2020. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo
The attack caused JBS’s Australian operations to shut down on Monday. The company, the world’s largest meatpacker, said it was working to resolve the incident, which has stopped livestock slaughter in JBS plants in several U.S. states.
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MELBOURNE, May 31 (Reuters) - Australia’s largest meat works, a unit of Brazil’s JBS SA, was hit over the weekend by a major cyber attack on its information systems, an industry news website reported, citing the firm’s Australian chief executive.
The attack shut down operations across Australia, JBS Australia Chief Executive Officer Brent Eastwood told Beefcentral on Sunday. He was not able to say how long the stoppage would last, according to the news website.
It was unclear, according to the report, if operations of the world’s largest meatpacker in other countries such as Canada and the United States would also be impacted. Monday marks the U.S. Memorial Day public holiday.
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MOSCOW, May 28 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Friday it had no information regarding a cyber attack flagged by Microsoft Corp and that the U.S. company needed to answer further questions, including how the attack was linked to Russia.
The Nobelium group, which originates from Russia and was behind the SolarWinds cyber attack identified late last year is now targeting government agencies, think tanks, consultants, and non-governmental organizations, Microsoft said on Thursday. (Reporting by Dmitry Antonov; Writing by Alexander Marrow Editing by Andrew Osborn)
Foreign hackers compromised Russian federal agencies in a digital espionage campaign that Russian officials described as unprecedented in scope and sophistication.
Indonesian authorities on Friday summoned state insurer BPJS Kesehatan, which provides universal health coverage, as part of an investigation into an alleged breach of personal data involving millions of people, the communications ministry said.