Major meat processor JBS 'fully operational' after hack attack
Days after a cyberattack which shut down one of the world's largest meat processors, the company has announced they are now fully operational again.
In a statement, JBS USA said their "swift response, robust IT systems and encrypted backup servers allowed for a rapid recovery".
"As a result, JBS USA and Pilgrim's were able to limit the loss of food produced during the attack to less than one days' worth of production," the statement read.
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JBS is the biggest meat processing company in the world. Getty
"Any lost production across the company's global business will be fully recovered by the end of next week, limiting any potential negative impact on producers, consumers and the company's workforce."
JBS USA CEO Andre Nogueira said the company's encrypted backup servers were not infected during the attack, allowing them to return to full operation quicker than expected.
"The criminals were never able to access our core systems, which greatly reduced potential impact," Mr Nogueira said.
"Today, we are fortunate that all of our facilities around the globe are operating at normal capacity, and we are focused on fulfilling our responsibility to produce safe, high-quality food."
Employees in the carpark of the JBS Beef Production Facility in Greeley, Colorado. Bloomberg
Russian hackers were blamed for the cyberattack, which shut down meat processing facilities across the world.
Thousands of Australian workers at JBS were unable to work this week because of the cyberattack.
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JBS supplies a quarter of all domestically consumed Australian beef and mutton, and three-quarters of all exported beef and sheep meat.
The company employs 11,000 people in Australia.
The company operates 47 facilities across the country.
The FBI identified REvil, also known as Sodinokibi, a Russian-speaking gang, as the culprits behind the cyberattack.
JBS accounts for about a quarter of Australia's red meat processing. Getty
The gang typically hacks into the systems of major companies, disables their functioning capacity and then demands a ransom.
There is no indication JBS paid a ransom to the hackers.
JBS is a Brazilian company with operations in countries like the USA, Canada and Australia.
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