Meatpacker JBS USA has become the latest critical infrastructure company to be targeted by a ransomware attack, which temporarily halted its global operations.

On May 30, JBS announced it had become the target of a ransomware attack that impacted its operations in North America and Australia. Its operations in Mexico and the United Kingdom were not impacted. Nor is the company “aware of any evidence at this time that any customer, supplier or employee data has been compromised,” JBS stated.

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