Food giant JBS Foods shuts down production after cyberattack

JBS Foods, a leading food company and the largest meat producer globally, had to shut down production at multiple sites worldwide following a cyberattack. The incident impacted multiple JBS production facilities worldwide over the weekend, including those from the United States, Australia, and Canada. JBS is currently the world's largest beef and poultry producer and the second-largest global pork producer, with operations in the United States, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and more.The company has a team of 245,000 employees around the world, serving an extensive portfolio of brands including Swift, Pilgrim's Pride, Seara, Moy Park, Friboi, Primo, and Just Bare to customers from 190 countries on six continents.At the moment, there is no info on the nature of the cyberattack, but based on the attackers' choice to hit the company's systems over the weekend, there is a high chance that ransomware was involved...MORE