World's biggest meat supplier is latest prey to cybersecurity attack

The attack sidelined two shifts and halted processing at one of Canada's largest meatpacking plants, while in Australia the company canceled all beef and lamb kills across the nation

The world’s biggest meat supplier has become the latest casualty of a cybersecurity attack, posing a new threat to global food supply chains already rattled by the Covid-19 pandemic.
 

JBS SA shut its North American and Australian computer networks after an organized assault on Sunday on some of its servers, the company said by email. Without commenting on operations at its plants, JBS said the incident may delay certain transactions with customers and suppliers.

The attack sidelined two shifts and halted processing at one of Canada’s largest meatpacking plants, while in Australia the company canceled all beef and lamb kills