{"id":548666,"date":"2021-06-01T17:20:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T21:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=548666"},"modified":"2021-06-01T17:21:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T21:21:00","slug":"cyberattack-hits-world-leading-meat-supplier-wiping-out-20-percent-of-u-s-beef-capacity-ransom-demand-likely-from-russian-criminals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cyberattack-hits-world-leading-meat-supplier-wiping-out-20-percent-of-u-s-beef-capacity-ransom-demand-likely-from-russian-criminals\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyberattack Hits World-Leading Meat Supplier, Wiping Out 20 Percent Of U.S. \u2018Beef Capacity.\u2019 Ransom Demand \u2018Likely\u2019 From Russian Criminals"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcyberattack-hits-world-leading-meat-supplier-wiping-out-20-percent-of-u-s-beef-capacity-ransom-demand-likely-from-russian-criminals%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=548666&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1232969952-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>According to reports from Bloomberg, 20 percent of U.S. beef capacity has been \u201cwiped out\u201d by a cyberattack on JBS S.A., a Brazilian company that is the largest meat processing company in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cJBS\u2019s five biggest beef plants in the U.S. \u2014 which altogether handle 22,500 cattle a day \u2014 halted processing following a weekend attack on the Brazilian company\u2019s computer networks, according to JBS posts on Facebook, labor unions and employees,\u201d wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-05-31\/meat-is-latest-cyber-victim-as-hackers-hit-top-supplier-jbs?sref=ZOgFhNqs\">Bloomberg<\/a>. \u201cThose outages wiped out nearly a fifth of America\u2019s production. Slaughter operations across Australia were also down, <\/span><span>according to<\/span><span> a trade group, and one of Canada\u2019s largest beef plants was idled.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Bloomberg added that JBS has yet to confirm how many plants globally have been impacted by the cyberattack, while even the \u201cprospect of more extensive shutdowns worldwide\u201d is causing turbulence in agriculture markets. \u201cLivestock futures slumped while pork prices rose,\u201d added Bloomberg.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The company informed the Biden administration of the cyberattack, according to White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/meatpacker-jbs-hit-by-cyberattack-affecting-north-american-australian-operations-11622548864\"><span>adding<\/span><\/a><span> that \u201cJBS reported that the attack originated from a criminal group likely based in Russia.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMeat producer JBS notified us on Sunday that they are the victims of a ransomware attack.\u00a0 The White House has offered assistance to JBS, and our team and the Department of Agriculture have spoken to their leadership several times in the last day,\u201d said <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2021\/06\/01\/press-gaggle-by-principal-deputy-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-aboard-air-force-one-en-route-tulsa-ok\/\"><span>Jean-Pierre<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cJBS notified the administration that the ransom demand came from a criminal organization likely based in Russia.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Jean-Pierre then said that the Biden administration was \u201cengaging directly with the Russian government on this matter and delivering the message that responsible states do not harbor ransomware criminals,\u201d and that the FBI is \u201cinvestigating the incident.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cUSDA has reached out to several major meat processors in the United States to ensure they are aware of the situation,\u201d Jean-Pierre continued, on the subject of supply concerns. \u201cWe\u2019re assessing any impacts on supply, and the President has directed the administration to determine what we can do to mitigate any impacts as they may become necessary.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Jean-Pierre then concluded by pushing the Biden administration\u2019s claimed efforts regarding cybersecurity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cCombating ransomware is a priority for the administration,\u201d Jean-Pierre said. \u201cPresident Biden has already launched a rapid strategic review to address the increased threat of ransomware to include four lines of effort: one, distribution of ransomware infrastructure and actors working closely with the private sector; two, building an international coalition to hold countries who harbor ransom actors accountable; expanding cryptocurrency analysis to find and pursue criminal transaction; and reviewing the USG\u2019s ransomware policies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis builds on President Biden\u2019s executive order, which is now being implemented.\u00a0 The executive order outlines five high-priority cybersecurity initiatives that, if implemented, will reduce the risk of cyberattacks including ransomware,\u201d Jean-Pierre concluded. \u201cWe call on organizations across government and the private sector to take the threat of ransomware seriously and modernize their cyber defenses, including implementing the practices in the executive order.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This attack is the latest in a series of cyber-based assaults on Western infrastructure, some of them being extremely lucrative for the hackers responsible. In May, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/companies-have-paid-90-million-ransoms-to-darkside-hackers-who-shut-down-colonial-pipeline-report\"><span>The Daily Wire<\/span><\/a><span> reported that \u201c<\/span><span>The hackers who caused the weeklong shutdown of a major U.S. gasoline pipeline have reportedly hit nearly 50 other targets, pulling in more than $90 million in ransoms.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports from Bloomberg, 20 percent of U.S. beef capacity has been \u201cwiped out\u201d by a cyberattack on JBS S.A., a Brazilian company that is the largest meat processing &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278829,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1232969952-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Cyberattack Hits World-Leading Meat Supplier, Wiping Out 20 Percent Of U.S. \u2018Beef Capacity.\u2019 Ransom Demand \u2018Likely\u2019 From Russian Criminals","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-548666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1232969952-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Cyberattack Hits World-Leading Meat Supplier, Wiping Out 20 Percent Of U.S. \u2018Beef Capacity.\u2019 Ransom Demand \u2018Likely\u2019 From Russian Criminals","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2278829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}