FBI Blames Russia for Meat Hacking

They hacked us, kid.

Hacked us right in our meat sacks.

BBC News:

A Russian cyber-criminal group was behind a ransomware attack that has targeted the world’s largest meat processing company, the FBI has said.

The FBI said it would was working to bring the REvil group to justice for the hack on JBS.

The cyber-breach over the weekend shut some JBS operations in the US, Canada and Australia.

REvil – also known as Sodinokibi – is one of the most prolific and profitable cyber-criminal groups in the world.

“We have attributed the JBS attack to REvil and Sodinokibi and are working diligently to bring the threat actors to justice,” the FBI statement said.

“We continue to focus our efforts on imposing risk and consequences and holding the responsible cyber actors accountable.”

The White House said on Wednesday that US President Joe Biden would bring up the issue of cyber-attacks when he meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in two weeks.

“Responsible states do not harbour ransomware criminals,” said press secretary Jen Psaki.

This all sounds totally real and completely unrelated to the US Government’s attempt to start a world war with Russia and China or the cyber pandemic announced at both the 2020 and 2021 Davos Forum.

I’ll tell ya, it’s hard to trust the government these days. But if there’s one group you can trust, it’s the FBI. They’re an organization committed to equity and social justice.

They’re honest people and they have a special legitimacy when it comes to speaking on the issue of Russian hackers.