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Production Resumes at Meat Plants After a Cyberattack
Some JBS beef processing plants were operational, but not at full capacity, union officials said, after a ransomware attack shut nine plants, affecting thousands of workers.
A dormant JBS processing plant in Greeley, Colo.Credit.Chet Strange/Getty Images
June 2, 2021Updated 4:46 p.m. ET
Production began to resume at nine beef plants in the United States on Wednesday, a day after a cyberattack on the world’s largest meat processor forced them to shut down.
Thousands of workers at the company’s beef, pork and poultry plants in Australia, Canada and the United States were affected as shifts were altered or canceled on Monday and Tuesday. JBS accounts for about one-fifth of the total cattle slaughter in the United States and about 18 percent of the hog slaughter, according to data compiled by Daily Livestock Report.