Meatpacker JBS paid equivalent of US$11 million in ransomware attack, CEO says

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JBS USA, subsidiary of Brazilian firm JBS SA, confirmed in a statement on Wednesday the company paid the equivalent of US$11 million in ransom in ...

Meatpacker JBS USA paid the equivalent of US$11 million ransom in a cyberattack that disrupted its North American and Australian operations, the company's CEO said in a statement on Wednesday.

The JBS meat plants, producing nearly a quarter of America's beef, recovered faster than some meat buyers and analysts expected.

 

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