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The world's largest meat processing company has been hammered by a serious cyber-attack, forcing the billion-dollar company to temporarily shut down slaughterhouses and plants across parts of its beefy empire.  It's too early to judge the impact of the attack, but there’s some talk of the incident causing minor disruption to local supply chains. Further afield, the hack clearly highlights how key infrastructure, from national security to food security, can be desperately vulnerable to cybersecurity threats. JBS, a multinational meat processing company headquartered in Brazil, was subjec...

Experts warn ‘no one is out of bounds’ after ransomware attack halts production at JBS, which supplies more than fifth of US beef

International owner of Primo and Hans knocked offline. By Casey Tonkin on Jun 01 2021 08:54 AM Print article The cyber attack afforded some livestock an extra day to live. Image: Shutterstock A cyber attack on US meat processing company JBS Foods, which owns the likes of Hans and Primo, forced the closure of 47 facilities around Australia on Monday. The attack was confirmed by JBS Australia CEO Brent Eastwood who spoke to industry news site Beef Central, saying he was unsure how long the outage would last. In a statement, JBS USA said the attack affected “some of the serv...

JBS Foods Australia chief executive officer Brent Eastwood told Beef Central that processing operations would be impossible without full access to IT and internet systems. The disruption has already filtered back to JBS’s meat sales, lotfeeding operations, and JBS’s Primo Smallgoods business in Queensland. JBS Foods does not believe any customer, supplier or employee data have been compromised or misused as a result of the cyber attack. “Resolution of the incident will take time, which may delay certain transactions with customers and suppliers,” a spokesperson said in a statement. ...

Meat Processing Grinds to Halt After 'Cybersecurity Attack' Compliance Twitter The U.S. headquarters of meat supplier JBS in Greeley, Colorado. The world's largest meat supplier, JBS, says an "organized cybersecurity attack" has led it to shut down servers in North America and Australia, and experts say a prolonged outage could have a noticeable impact on the global supply of meat. The Sao Paulo-based company has yet to disclose if the attack involved ransomware. On Monday, JBS's branch in the U.S. said it shut down servers in North America and Australia following the attack on its computer ...