JBS Brooks

• Meat company JBS Foods confirms it paid US$11M ransom in cyberattack

  JBS, the world's largest meat processing company, said it paid the equivalent of $13.3 million CAD to hackers who broke into its computer system in May.

  Tech

  Jun 9, 2021
  
• JBS Canada beef processing plant in Brooks resumes production after cyberattack

  The JBS Canada beef processing plant in the southern Alberta town of Brooks employs more than 2,800 people.

  Tech

  Jun 2, 2021
  
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• Online petition calls for temporary shutdown of JBS meat plant in Brooks, Alberta

  An outbreak of COVID-19 in the small Alberta city of Brooks has sparked a community-led petition urging the temporary shutdown of the JBS meatpacking plant.

  Health

  Apr 27, 2020
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• Coronavirus: Union calls for more protection for Alberta’s front-line food workers

  "Recent events suggest that food production has been prioritized over protection of workers’ lives."

  Health

  Apr 25, 2020