Cyberattack paralyzes one of the largest companies in the meat industry

The Brazilian company JBS informed the United States government that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that interrupted the production and supply chain of meat products at its plants in North America and Australia. The attack affected the servers that support its computer systems in both locations..

At this time there is no evidence that customer, supplier or employee data has been compromised. The cyber-attack has been resolved after 5 days of disruption, thanks to a rapid response and having uninfected encrypted backup servers. The FBI attributed authorship to the cybercriminal group REvil..