opportunistic they? i think they re being opportunistic but - they? i think they re being opportunistic but yes, - they? i think they re being opportunistic but yes, the | they? i think they re being i opportunistic but yes, the art attacking critical infrastructure and what is striking is not that they are taking critical infrastructure but the russian government as long this criminal enterprise to operate and detect us critical infrastructure and that is most striking of this. you critical infrastructure and that is most striking of this. critical infrastructure and that is most striking of this. you go after somethin: most striking of this. you go after something that most striking of this. you go after something that consumers - most striking of this. you go after something that consumers want, | something that consumers want, right. they need oil to put gas in their cars and american people like to eat a lot of beef and that is what the point of these attacks is, isn t it? .
otherwise by benjamin netanyahu but we cannot confirm that yet. on the other from we cannot confirm that yet. on the otherfrom israeli we cannot confirm that yet. on the other from israeli video, we cannot confirm that yet. on the otherfrom israeli video, but we cannot confirm that yet. on the other from israeli video, but if we get it over the course of the radio, will bring you up to date on that. first an oil pipeline now a meat supplier. critical american infrastructure is under attack. the world s largest meat supplier jbs was hit and had to shut down operations in australia, canada and the us. its beef processing plants are now back up and running but us authorities are looking for answers. speaking today, the white house press secretaryjen psaki said there was reason to believe the ransomware attack originated from a group based in russia. harbouring criminal entities that are intending to do harm, that are doing harm to the infrastructure in the united states is not accepta
let s just recap the extent of the attack. at its peak on tuesday all ofjbs s beef processing plants in the us were taken offline. the company said it suspended its affected it systems as soon as as the attack was detected rendering the nine plants unoperational. just to give you a sense of the scale ofjbs beef these nine plants alone process one quarter of all of america s beef. susan landau is professor of cybersecurity and policy at tufts university and she joins us now from amherst, masachussetts. you might not instantly think of beef processing as critical infrastructure and one could see the appeal of attacking any big company that has deep pockets and were for somewhere. but they are targeting very specific sectors here, aren t they? i very specific sectors here, aren t the ? ~ f . they? i think they re being