JBS Security Incident

Attacks Cloud Data Executive Decisions IoT Malware Mobile Network Security Strategy Threat Defense Filter Categories Attacks Cloud Data Executive Decisions IoT Malware Mobile Network Security Strategy Threat Defense IOTW: JBS Recovers Quickly from a Ransomware Attack Add bookmark Lisa Morgan 06/11/2021 Major international beef and pork producer JBS was hit with a ransomware attack in late May that affected its U.S., Australian and Canadian plants, albeit for only a few days. Its operations in Mexico and the UK were not impacted. According to CNN, the U.S. Department of Agriculture tried to alleviate the potential supply chain impacts by asking other meat processors to accommodate additional capacity . Like the Colonial Pipeline attack , there was speculation about the impact of the incident on supply and product pricing. If the impact of the JBS attack did not last long, wholesale prices were expected rise but retail prices were not. If the downtime lasted a matter of weeks, then both wholesale and retail meat prices would spike since JBS processes one-quarter of the U.S. beef supply and one-fifth of the U.S. pork supply . JBS apparently told U.S. government officials that the ransom demand likely came from REvil a criminal organization with ties to Russia. The Facts On Sunday, May 30, JBS USA discovered it was the victim of a cyber attack that affected some of the servers supporting its U.S., Australian and Canadian IT systems . The company suspended all affected systems, then contacted law enforcement and third-party consultants so they could work with internal IT to resolve the situation. JBS's backup systems were unaffected. By June 1, the company was starting to bring systems online and it was able to ship product from nearly all of its facilities to supply customers. On June 2, the company stated that it had substantially recovered from the attack and that all facilities would resume operations the next day. On June 3, JBS USA CEO Andre Nogueira issued a...

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