JBS Meets REvil
On May 30, JBS, a Brazilian meat processor that serves as America’s largest source for beef and pork, discovered that hackers affiliated with the ransomware gang REvil successfully compromised its networks. JBS then reportedly paid REvil $11 million for the decryption of their data—providing yet another example of the kinds of havoc a well-placed cyberattack can wreak on pivotal consumer supply chains. Between Colonial Pipeline and this, you’d start to wonder whether these hacker gangs were secretly a bunch of vegan, anarcho-environmental activists looking to teach Americans the error of their gas-guzzling, cow-slaughtering ways. Alas, no. They’re likely just ruthless opportunists, hellbent on extorting big money by hitting our country where it hurts the most: our love of all things environmentally unfriendly.
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