JBS

• 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
  
• World’s largest meat processor gets back online after cyberattack linked to Russia

  JBS said late Wednesday said that it expects to resume production at all its plants on Thursday and be running at "close to full capacity" across its global operations.

  World

  Jun 3, 2021
  
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• 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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• Ransomware attack on world’s largest meat producer disrupts global production

  Some plant shifts in Canada were also canceled Monday and Tuesday, according to JBS Facebook posts.

  Canada

  Jun 1, 2021
• ‘A cautious relief:’ COVID-19 vaccinations to begin at two Alberta meat plants

  Both the Cargill plant, near High River south of Calgary, and the JBS Canada facility in Brooks, Alta., were hit hard by outbreaks last year.

  Health

  Apr 29, 2021
• Coronavirus: Should food processing workers get vaccine priority?

  'If you look at the entire (food) supply chain, I would say the most vulnerable workers are right in the middle — in processing — because things are tight, things are intense.'

  Health

  Mar 5, 2021
• Ottawa ready to help pork producers affected by Olymel shutdown

  The federal government says the door is open to help producers affected by the closure of a central Alberta pork plant following an outbreak of COVID-19.

  Canada

  Mar 2, 2021
• Where’s the beef? Alberta RCMP investigating hot tub heist, $230K meat theft by trucks with fake papers

  Alberta RCMP say a semi-truck trailer full of beef was stolen from the JBS meatpacking plant near Brooks — three days before several hot tubs were also taken from a manufacturer near Edmonton.

  Crime

  Sep 14, 2020
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• Canadian meat-packing industry looks to make big changes following COVID-19

  Outbreaks at two southern Alberta meat-processing plants this spring made hundreds of people sick with COVID-19. 

  Economy

  Jun 27, 2020
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• Canadian ranchers and feedlots worried about future impact of COVID-19

  For one Alberta rancher, the COVID-19 pandemic hasn't had a serious effect yet, but he's anticipating it will be tougher when the calves are sold in the fall.

  Money

  Jun 1, 2020