Beef production disrupted after meat giant JBS hit with ransomware attack

by Leandra Bernstein

Tue, June 1st 2021, 9:49 PM UTC

Packages of beef cuts are displayed at a Costco store on May 24, 2021 in Novato, California. On Monday, May 31, 2020 JBS announced it was the victim of a cyberattack. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 28: Chicken sits on the shelf at a grocery store, April 28, 2020 Washington, DC. Meat industry experts say that beef, chicken and pork could become scarce in the United States because many meat processing plants have been temporarily closed down due to the coronavirus pandemic. Tyson Foods took out a full page advertisement over the weekend in several major American newspapers, warning that the food supply chain is on the cusp of breaking. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2020 file photo, a worker heads into the JBS meatpacking plant in Greeley, Colo. A weekend ransomware attack on the world’s largest meat company is disrupting production around the world just weeks after a similar incident shut down a U.S. oil pipeline. The White House confirms that Brazil-based meat processor JBS SA notified the U.S. government Sunday, May 30, 2021, of a ransom demand from a criminal organization likely based in Russia. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

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Packages of beef cuts are displayed at a Costco store on May 24, 2021 in Novato, California. On Monday, May 31, 2020 JBS announced it was the victim of a cyberattack. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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