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JBS, the world's top meatpacker, is hit by a ransomware attack, leading it to pause its Australian operations, livestock slaughter in many US states, and more

- The attack caused JBS's Australian operations to shut down on Monday.  The company, the world's largest meatpacker, said it was working to resolve the incident.

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Discussion

  • Vox Sara Morrison on x
    Ransomware attack hits another massive, crucial industry: meat
  • @thestalwart Joe Weisenthal on x
    This JBS hack is looking really bad. Meat plants in both Canada and Australia have been shut down. And according to labor representatives, shifts are starting to get canceled at meat plants in the US. https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...
  • @malwarejake Jake Williams on x
    I've already seen some meat jokes this morning, but let's look at the JBS ransomware through another lens: shift workers. These are people who depend on hours to pay rent and other necessities. There are people hurt in every one of these attacks. https://www.nbcwashington.com/ ..…
  • @dangillmor Dan Gillmor on x
    Two big lessons from the massive economic disruptions caused by meat and pipeline companies ransomware hackings: 1) Companies don't take security seriously until it's too late. 2) We need to break up monopolies and super-concentrated industries, to protect society.
  • @kevincollier Kevin Collier on x
    White House confirms JBS was hit with ransomware. Company's telling employees at numerous US locations to stay home. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
  • @jeffjohnroberts Jeff Roberts on x
    This meat-packing hack is the most dystopian thing ever https://www.techmeme.com/... https://twitter.com/...
  • @dalperovitch Dmitri Alperovitch on x
    First it was the hospitals during a global pandemic. Then it was energy supply (pipeline). Now it's our food security (JBS). Enough is enough. Ransomware is now one of our top national security threats. 1/3
  • @dalperovitch Dmitri Alperovitch on x
    The US government needs to immediately implement the Treasury KYC regulation for large cryptocurrency transactions to de-anonymize payments to these criminal groups 2/3
  • @chuckgrassley @chuckgrassley on x
    Just spoke w CEO of JBS abt this wkends cyberattack which is direct attack on those that work hard 2provide food for our families / US must find these criminals & hold them accountable Food security = national security I told JBS they need to keep me updated on impact on Iowa too
  • @alexjamesfitz Alex Fitzpatrick on x
    introducing the new mcdonalds eighthpounder with cheese https://twitter.com/...
  • @sjcasey Simon Casey on x
    The U.S. meat industry is so consolidated that with JBS basically offline due to a cyberattack, the USDA can't publish wholesale price data without potentially revealing proprietary information about JBS's competitors https://www.bloomberg.com/... via @mhirtz
  • @zerohedge @zerohedge on x
    It's almost time to sell bitcoin because the JBS CTO forgot to renew his antivirus software
  • @amandacarpenter Amanda Carpenter on x
    So we are gonna have to try cicadas tacos after all, huh? https://twitter.com/...
  • @juliadavisnews Julia Davis on x
    One-Fifth of U.S. Beef Capacity Wiped Out by JBS Cyberattack: The White House has offered assistance to JBS after the company notified the Biden administration on Sunday of a cyberattack from a criminal organization likely based in #Russia. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
  • @dalperovitch Dmitri Alperovitch on x
    We also need to apply significant pressure on countries harboring these criminals and offering them safe haven (primarily Russia). We need to demand immediate arrests and prosecutions 3/3
  • @jimlangevin Jim Langevin on x
    I am closely monitoring the circumstances surrounding the breach of JBS's information systems. Government must partner closely with the private sector to prevent these increasingly common hacks. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
  • @jeffstone500 Jeff Stone on x
    Updates on the JBS incident: - The company said a ransom demand came from “a criminal organization, likely based in Russia,” per the White House. - The company is mostly quiet. Much of what we know is from union officials and industry trade publications. https://www.cyberscoop.co…
  • @tomgara Tom Gara on x
    The Russians came for our gas stations and we did nothing, now they're coming for our steaks https://twitter.com/...
  • @steventdennis Steven Dennis on x
    Gasoline, now meat. https://twitter.com/...
  • @ggreeneva Greg Greene on x
    “A cyberattack on the world's largest meat producer” is a _very_, very 2021 concept. https://twitter.com/...
  • @conorsen Conor Sen on x
    It's time to fill up plastic bags with beef. https://twitter.com/...
  • @bbqsnob Daniel Vaughn on x
    “JBS's five biggest beef plants in the U.S...have halted processing following a weekend attack on the company's computer networks, according to JBS...Those outages alone have wiped out nearly a fifth of America's production.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
  • @omid Omid Ashtari on x
    Vegan engineer gets revenge... https://twitter.com/...
  • @campuscodi Catalin Cimpanu on x
    JBS Foods has finally issued a statement late last night about its security incident. Still not calling it a ransomware attack, though https://www.globenewswire.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
  • @gcluley Graham Cluley on x
    World's biggest meat supplier, JBS, suffers cyber attack. I wonder if their passwords were not stroganoff? https://grahamcluley.com/... https://twitter.com/...
  • @_mcginness Brandon R. McGinness on x
    Throw the computers out. Go back to making phone calls and writing things down. Talk to people. Learn how to communicate again. And while you're at it bring back mechanical fuel pumps. https://www.beefcentral.com/ ...
  • @reuters @reuters on x
    JBS, the world's largest meatpacker, says it made significant progress in resolving the cyberattack and that the ‘vast majority’ of the company's beef, pork, poultry and prepared foods plants will be operational on Wednesday https://www.reuters.com/... https://twitter.com/...