Where's the beef ?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/are-meat-prices-about-to-go-up-what-to-know-about-the-recent-meat-industry-cyberattack
“Our systems are coming back online and we are not sparing any resources to fight this threat,” said JBS USA chief executive Andrew Nogueira in a statement Tuesday. Brazil-based JBS told U.S. officials earlier this week that it had been attacked by Russian ransomeware hackers, The Wall Street Journal reported.
In the United States, JBS is the “second-largest producer of beef, pork and chicken” and a day’s interruption at JPS’s American facilities would comprise nearly a quarter of the country’s beef processing, according to The Associated Press.
The cyberattack on JBS comes a month after Russian-based hackers demanded a ransom after breaking into Colonial Pipeline’s network — resulting in increased demand and hirer gasoline prices. Colonial Pipeline ultimately paid a $4.4 million ransom in cryptocurrency.
The JBS cyberattack — which led to canceled shifts for many U.S. employees on Tuesday — “ratcheted up pressure on a food-supply chain already under strain from labor shortages, production constraints and high transportation costs,” according to The Wall Street Journal.
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