Brazil
BRA
JBS Foods ransomware temporarily shuts U.S. beef plants
On 30/05/2021, JBS suffered a ransomware attack attributed by the FBI to REvil, forcing closures of meat processing facilities in the U.S., Canada, and Australia. JBS began restoring operations within days and later confirmed paying an $11 million ransom to prevent further disruption and data exposure.
90
Estimated severity
90 / 100
95
Source reliability
95 / 100
Approximate Date
30/05/2021
Targeted Company
JBS
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
No information
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
United States
USA
Canada
CAN
Australia
AUS
Target country
Brazil
Affected countries
United StatesCanadaAustralia
Impacted regions
North America · United StatesNorth America · CanadaAustralia · Australia
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
$11M
Impact types
Production interruptionFacility shutdownOrder fulfillment or delivery disruptionDownstream customer disruption
Affected sectors
Food & BeverageManufacturing
Affected departments
Production & ManufacturingInformation Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Ransomware
Attributed threat actors
REVIL
Sources
Incident Sources
cloudskope.comhttps://www.cloudskope.com/breaches/jbs-foods-ransomware-2021cybersecuritydive.comhttps://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/jbs-paid-attackers-11-million-ransomware/601592sentinelone.comhttps://www.sentinelone.com/blog/when-jbs-met-revil-ransomware-why-we-need-to-beef-up-critical-infrastructure-security