The world’s largest meat processing company has been hit by a sophisticated cyber attack.
JBS computer networks were hacked and the company was forced to close operations in Australia, Canada and the US with thousands of employees affected.
The company believes that after the ransomware attack is a criminal group in Russia. The attack could lead to a shortage of meat in the market or an increase in prices for consumers.
Ransomware attacks block information in exchange for a payment. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is also involved in the investigation of this event.
JBS is the largest meat supplier in the world with over 150 factories in 15 countries and has over 150 thousand employees.
Last month another ransomware attack hit an oil extraction plant in the southern United States. / PCWorld Albanian
