Congress Inches Toward Response to Ransomware Attacks
CONGRESS, FEDS MAKE MOVES ON RANSOMWARE ATTACKS, but a clear fix for the expensive cybercrime epidemic is far from clear. The Senate Homeland Security Committee took a step forward on…
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Brazil’s JBS Proposes to Buy Rest of Pilgrim’s Pride as Chicken Industry Booms
Brazilian meatpacking giant JBS SA said it plans to buy the portion of U.S. chicken processor Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. that it doesn’t already own, during a boom time for the…
Kaseya Ransomware Attack: What We Know as REvil Hackers Demand $70 Million
A group of Russian hackers calling themselves REvil is demanding $70 million to unlock computers swept up in a widespread ransomware attack that started to unfold July 2. It is the…
Ransomware Group Behind Meat-Supply Attack Threatens Hundreds of New Targets
The ransomware group that collected an $11 million payment from meat producer JBS SA about a month ago has begun a widespread attack that could affect hundreds of organizations…
White House Sees Electric Grid as Blueprint for Post-Colonial Pipeline Cyber Push
Electric utilities serving about 56 million U.S. customers have either installed tools to better spot cyberattacks or have pledged to do so, a White House official said Tuesday,…
Puerto Rico’s Power Distributor Suffered a Cyberattack Hours Before a Devastating…
Puerto Rico’s main power provider suffered a cyberattack shortly before a fire at a substation in San Juan Thursday caused blackouts for hundreds of thousands of residents, the company…
Ransomware Attack Roiled Meat Giant JBS, Then Spilled Over to Farmers and Restaurants
Employees at the U.S. division of
JBS SA,
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the world’s largest meat company, noticed something wrong in their computer systems…
WSJ News Exclusive | JBS Paid $11 Million to Resolve Ransomware Attack
JBS USA Holdings Inc. paid an $11 million ransom to cybercriminals who last week temporarily knocked out plants that process roughly one-fifth of the nation’s meat…