CANBERRA, Australia (WBAP/KLIF News) – Production has started to resume in the wake of a cyber attack on the world’s largest meat supplier that forced JBS offline this week.
In a statement released Tuesday, JBS became aware of the issue on Sunday and said the organized attacked impacted some of its supporting its North American and Australian IT systems.
The company said its backup servers were not affected and it was not aware of any customer, supplier or employee data being compromised.
JBS had warned its customers and suppliers that the issue would cause disruptions and delays for days. Investigators looking into the hack believe it was Russian based.
The Associated Press reports, JBS officials in Brazil and Australia said they made progress in dealing with the attack and had begun resuming operations at various capacities depending on the location.
Brazil JBS SA officials said the “vast majority” of its plants will be operating Wednesday.
JBS said overall production will continue to ramp up towards normal in the coming days.
Analysts in the United States feared the disruption could lead to shortages and price hikes for meat, as JBS is the second-largest producer of beef, pork and chicken in the country.
Texas is home to two JBS plants in Cactus and Pittsburg.
The attack comes weeks after a Russian ransomware attack forced Colonial Pipeline offline, leading to gas shortages and price hikes along the East Coast.
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