The Biggest Meat Processing Company in the WORLD Was Hacked, Supply Chain Disruptions Increase by Robert Wheeler for The Organic Prepper
GNN Note – Got beef in a deep freezer? /END
Hackers have struck again only weeks after the Colonial pipeline hacking. The pipeline hacking had consumers rush to panic buy fuel, causing widespread shortages. This time, however, it wasn’t the fuel and gas system but major beef producers.
One of the world’s largest meat processors shuts down
Australian and North American units of Brazil’s JBS, one of the world’s largest meat processors, was hit over the weekend by an organized cyberattack on its information systems.
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The attack caused its Australian operations to shut down completely on Monday, and the company is saying that it is working to resolve the incident.
“On Sunday, May 30, JBS USA determined that it was the target of an organized cybersecurity attack, affecting some of the servers supporting it’s North American and Australian IT systems,” it said in a statement released Monday afternoon.
“Resolution of the incident will take time, which may delay certain transactions with customers and suppliers.”
The attack shut down operations located across Australia. JBS Australia Chief Executive Officer Brent Eastwood told Beefcentral. He was unable to say how long the stoppage would last.
The shortages and supply chain issues continue to stack up.
This issue is not just in Australia
JBS has operations in Canada and the United States as well. All JBS plants in the United States have been closed.
According to Beefcentral, Australian meat processing operations would be impossible without normal IT and internet systems access. Primo Smallgoods, a JBS business in Queensland state, has also been affected.
Jon Condon, a publisher at Beefcentral, said the shutdown’s impact would depend on how long the stoppage will last.
“At this point, nobody knows,” he told ABC Radio Brisbane.
“It could be a day. It could be a week. It could be multiple weeks.
“The longer it goes, the worse the situation in terms of supply and disruption.
“I don’t think anyone should be concerned about potentially running short of meat.
“There are a lot of meat processors in Australia other than JBS, and if this issue were to extend beyond a short period of time, it would not be that difficult or unusual for processing to occur in other locations by other companies to keep the meat supply in order.
“If it’s only short-term, a day’s processing loss isn’t going to make that much difference.”
