According to CNN (cnn) reported on the 9th, the U.S. branch of the world meat processing giant JBS Co., Ltd. (JBS USA) issued a statement on Wednesday night local time, saying that the company was attacked by a network attack last week, causing the US beef processing to stop operations, for which the company paid a ransom of $11 million.
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According to JBS, the ransom was paid after most of the company's facilities resumed operations. JBS USA CEO Andrew Nogueira said the ransom paid in bitcoin was to protect the JBS meat factory from further damage and ease the potential impact on restaurants, grocery stores and farmers who rely on JBS. He noted, "It was a very difficult decision for our company and for me personally. But we believe this decision must be made to prevent our clients from any potential risks. ”
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The hackers' cyber attacks reportedly affected the servers of JBS's IT systems in North America and Australia. The U.S. government blamed the ransomware attack on a hacking group called revil, which it said was from Russia or Eastern Europe.
In a statement on Wednesday, JBS noted that "preliminary findings confirm that no data from the company, customers or employees was compromised." ”
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The US Forbes website pointed out that JBS is the latest major US company to agree to pay a ransom to hackers. Last month, the U.S. colonial pipeline, which was attacked in cyberattacks, paid a ransom of $4.4 million to hackers. The company's CEO said at the time that he was upset about paying the ransom, but he thought it was "the right thing to do for the country." Still, the Justice Department said this week it had recovered a ransom of 63.7 bitcoins, worth about $2.3 million. (Editor: HHJ)