JBS: FBI says Russia-linked group hacked meat supplier

Thursday, 3 June 2021Newsdesk

A Russian cyber-criminal group was behind a ransomware attack that has targeted the world's largest meat processing company, the FBI has said.

New Delhi, 3 June 2021

As per news report of BBC, the FBI said it would was working to bring the REvil group to justice for the hack on JBS. The cyber-breach over the weekend shut some JBS operations in the US, Canada and Australia. Revil - also known as Sodinokobi - is one of the most prolific and profitable cyber-criminal cartels in the world. "We have attributed the JBS attack to REvil and Sodinokibi and are working diligently to bring the threat actors to justice," the FBI statement said. "We continue to focus our efforts on imposing risk and consequences and holding the responsible cyber actors accountable."

Source -bbc.com