The world’s largest meat producer has closed factories due to cyberattack

The biggest global meat producer, JBS, had to close factories in the United States, Canada and Australia due to a cyberattack which, according to the White House, “Probably from a criminal organization based in Russia”.

White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that “JBS informed the administration that the ransom demand came from a criminal organization, presumably based in Russia.”

“The White House engages directly with the Russian government on this issue and sends the message that Responsible states do not host ransomware (data hacking) criminals“, They added from the government of Joe Biden.

The attack occurred over the weekend and the company said it had made “significant progress” and that will have the “vast majority” of its factories operational this week, As reported Bloomberg.

In May, the President of the United States signed an executive order improve American cybersecurity after the computer attack on the Colonial pipeline, the most important in the country.

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Then, from the White House, they cited “the incidents with SolarWinds and Microsoft Exchange” as “a sobering reminder that public and private sector entities in the United States are increasingly confronted with malicious cyber activity and sophisticated, from state and public actors. cybercriminals ”.

Retaliation against Russia

The US president said they were studying the possibility of reprisals against the Russian government for the cyberattack registered against the company JBS.

Regarding possible measures against Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom he will meet in Geneva this month, Biden said that the question “is under exhaustive study”.

The cyberattack against the American subsidiary of Brazilian JBS has revived the controversy over the Russian authorship of this type of attack. Moscow has also been accused of being the source of other types of cyberattacksLike that suffered in May by the Colonial pipeline, the largest in the United States.

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Asked whether Putin would put him to the test for the June 16 summit between the two, Biden dismissed him. However, the White House has indicated that the president will transfer concerns from the United States to Putin.

White House Press Chief Jen Psaki admitted the issue of cyber attacks would be discussed at the meeting. “Criminal entities that attempt to harm the infrastructure of the United States (…) are not acceptable”, he claimed. The White House statement comes less than a month after another large ransom-demand cyberattack temporarily shut down the network of pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline, which supplies about 45% of the fuel consumed on the east coast of the United States.