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Hacking American beef: the relentless rise of ransomware

The cyber attack on meat processor JBS has been a wake-up call for governments and businesses to strengthen their defences

Very little about the slaughter of animals is digital.

In the case of cattle, the animals are herded single-file up a ramp at industrial meatpacking plants and within minutes they are stunned, bled, skinned, split and packaged into fresh and frozen cuts. They are then transferred almost immediately into articulated lorries to be transported to supermarkets and restaurants.

Yet even this raw, labour-intensive industry this week fell victim to cyber attack. For almost three days, the global operations of JBS — the world’s largest meat processor — were hobbled by a ransomware attack targeting the company’s IT systems.

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