JBS USA confirms $11M ransom payment to hackers
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Jaclyn Jaeger2021-06-10T20:23:00
Meatpacker JBS USA announced it paid the equivalent of $11 million in ransom in response to a May cyber-attack that impacted its operations in North America and Australia.
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