JBS canceled shifts at large US and Canadian meat plants on Tuesday after the company was forced to stop its slaughter of livestock after it was hacked by cyber criminals based in Russia.
JBS is the world’s largest meatpacker and the incident caused its Australian operations to shut down on Monday and has stopped livestock slaughter at its plants in several U.S. states.
The ransomware attack follows one last month by a group with ties to Russia on Colonial Pipeline, the largest fuel pipeline in the United States, that crippled fuel delivery for several days in the U.S. Southeast.
White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said the United States has contacted Russia’s government about the matter and that the FBI is investigating.
“The White House has offered assistance to JBS and our team at the Department of Agriculture have spoken to their leadership several times in the last day,” Jean-Pierre said.
US News: CHICAGO: The White House said on Tuesday that Brazil's JBS SA has informed the US government that a ransomware attack against the company that has dis.