JBS blames Russian criminals for attack that shut meat production

The meatpacker says it has made ‘significant progress’ in resolving the cyberattack, to reopen most plants by Wednesday.

Brazil’s JBS SA has told the US government that a ransomware attack on the company that disrupted meat production in North America and Australia originated from a criminal organisation likely based in Russia, the White House said. JBS, the world’s largest meatpacker, said on Tuesday night it had made “significant progress in resolving the cyberattack”. The “vast majority” of the company’s beef, pork, poultry and prepared foods plants will be operational on Wednesday, according to a statement, easing concerns over rising food prices. The cyberattack followed one last month by a group with ties to Russia on Colonial Pipeline, the largest fuel pipeline in the US, which crippled fuel delivery for several days in the US Southeast.