A ransomware attack on the world’s largest meat processing company disrupted production around the world just weeks after a similar incident shut down a US oil pipeline. White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the White House and the Department of Agriculture have been in touch with the company several times this week. The closures reflect the reality that modern meat processing plants are heavily automated, for both food and worker-safety reasons. Earlier, a union official confirmed that two shifts at the company’s largest US beef plant, in Greeley, Colorado, were cancelled. JBS is Australia’s largest meat and food processing company, with 47 facilities across the country including slaughterhouses, feedlots and meat processing sites.

Source: The Irish Times June 02, 2021 05:29 UTC