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The meat processing corporation is based in Brazil, but the hack targeted servers in the U.S. and Australia. The FBI says REvil, a Russian-speaking gang, was responsible for the attack.
A small U.S. nuclear weapons contractor has confirmed that it suffered a ransomware attack, resulting in the theft of data. Credit for the attack has been taken by the ransomware-as-service operation known as REvil, aka Sodinokibi, which the FBI recently tied to the attack against meatpacking giant JBS.
The meat processing corporation is based in Brazil, but the hack targeted servers in the U.S. and Australia. The FBI says REvil, a Russian-speaking gang, was responsible for the attack.
JBS, the world's largest meat processor, confirms it paid a ransom of $11 million in bitcoins to cyberattackers. CEO Andre Nogueira of JBA USA called
The government is taking cybercrime more seriously than ever, but it should do a lot more than it has done so far, experts say.