TC Energy is abandoning the Keystone XL pipeline, months after President Joe Biden suspended its construction permit. It marks the end of a 13-year battle between environmentalists and the energy sector. Environmental groups cheered on the decision to halt it. But the move marks a blow to Canada. The Canadian province Alberta spent over $1 billion on […]
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Meatpacker JBS says it paid hackers $11 million after the ransomware attack. The hack disrupted operations. The company CEO explains why he chose to pay.
The company behind the Keystone XL Pipeline abandons the project after Biden’s executive order halted it. But what will the company and Alberta province do following the project’s termination?
JBS Foods, the world’s largest meat supplier, said Wednesday that the company paid $11 million in bitcoin to hackers to resolve the ransomware attack that disrupted much of its operations in North America and Australia. The meat-producing giant said that it paid the sum to ransomware attackers to “mitigate any unforeseen issues related to the attack and […]
Meat producer JBS is getting back online following a cyberattack earlier this week. Is that enough time to fix the problem? And how secure is the food industry in general? AMC shares more than doubled to record highs on Wednesday. It’s trying to attract retail investors with rewards like free popcorn. The Biden administration suspends some […]
CANBERRA, Australia—The world’s largest meat processing company is getting back online after production around the world was disrupted by a cyberattack just weeks after a similar incident shut down a U.S. oil pipeline. Brazil’s JBS SA said late Tuesday that it had made “significant progress” in dealing with the cyberattack and expected the “vast majority” […]
JBS, a major international meat producer, was the victim of a cyberattack on Sunday. The attack paralyzed the company, and shutdowns are expected across three continents. The White House said the perpetrators are likely a criminal organization based in Russia.
CHICAGO/ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE—Brazil’s JBS SA told the U.S. government that a ransomware attack on the company that has disrupted meat production in North America and Australia originated from a criminal organization likely based in Russia, the White House said on Tuesday. JBS is the world’s largest meatpacker and the cyberattack caused its Australian operations […]
SAO PAULO—A Brazilian judge has suspended activities at a pork plant owned by meatpacker JBS SA in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul for 14 days, according to a copy of the decision seen Friday night. As part of the decision, employees in high-risk groups are to be removed immediately and doctors […]
A beef recall that started in early October has expanded to 12 million pounds as federal officials warned that nearly 250 people have fallen ill from the possibly tainted meat. The raw beef items, including ground beef, all came from JBS Tolleson, which is based in Arizona. The brand names vary widely depending on where […]
Less than a week before Thanksgiving, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced a recall for 99,260 pounds of raw beef from meat processor JBS USA due to concerns of possible E.coli contamination at JBS’s Swift Beef facility in Utah. The announcement came on Nov. 17. The contamination was traced […]
