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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 House Oversight and Reform Committee is now probing the $11 million payment that meat-producer JBS paid to a cybercriminal gang following a ransomware attack in
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