JBS

Ransomware

Estimated loss

$11.00M

VERDICT —UNRATED

Verdict pending. Auto-ingested incidents are reviewed before a public verdict is rendered.

▰ METHOD

Undisclosed

Root cause

Root-cause analysis not yet published. The incident description below contains all currently available signal — review the attack transaction directly for definitive forensics.

Forensic narrative

JBS USA Holdings Inc. paid an $11 million ransom to cybercriminals last week that temporarily destroyed a plant that handles about a fifth of the nation's meat supply, the chief executive said. . Andre Nogueira, CEO of the U.S. division of Brazilian meat company JBS SA, said the bitcoin ransom was to protect the JBS meat plant from further damage and limit the potential impact on restaurants, grocery stores and farmers that depend on JBS. Attack method (per SlowMist): Ransomware. Reported loss: $ 11,000,000.

Primary source

https://www.wsj.com/articles/jbs-paid-11-million-to-resolve-ransomware-attack-11623280781 ↗

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Technical record