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The Future of Ransomware: JBS Ransomware 2021 Explained
- June 6, 2021
- Posted by: Muhammad Afaq Khan, CCIE #9070
- Category: Cybersecurity

Today, we live in a world where there is nothing, and I mean nothing, off the limits for cyberattacks and particularly ransomware attacks. Our hospitals, our universities, oil pipelines, and now even our meat is under cyberattack. The cyberattack that flattened the IT operations at JBS Foods over the weekend turns out was a ransomware strike. If you didn’t know, JBS is a Brazilian-based global provider of beef, chicken, and pork with 245,000 employees operating on several continents. On Friday, the FBI has confirmed that REvil Group is behind the attack.
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Author:Muhammad Afaq Khan, CCIE #9070

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