Major meat producer JBS USA suffered a cyberattack on Sunday.
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Major meat producer JBS USA hit by cyberattack, likely from Russia
Major meat producer JBS USA suffered a cyberattack on Sunday.
The attack affected servers supporting its IT systems in North America and Australia, the company said in
a news release.
"The company is not aware of any evidence at this time that any customer, supplier or employee data has been compromised or misused as a result of the situation," JBS said. "Resolution of the incident will take time, which may delay certain transactions with customers and suppliers."
BS USA is part of
JBS Foods, which it says is one of the world's largest food companies. It has operations in 15 countries and has customers in about 100 countries,
according to its website. Its
brands include Pilgrim's, Great Southern and Aberdeen Black. JBS said it is working with an incident response firm to restore its systems as soon as possible.
The White House addressed the attack during a press conference Tuesday. Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters JBS was a victim of a ransomware attack "from a criminal organization likely based in Russia." She added that the White House is directly dealing with the Russian government on the matter.
JBS contacted the White House Sunday and said that it was a victim of a ransomware attack, Jean-Pierre said, and the White House and the Agriculture Department have offered assistance. The FBI is also investigating the incident, she added.
