Hack history / 2021 / Hack or exploit
JBS
Hack or exploit on Jun 10, 2021 · Ransomware
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$11M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#282
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
JBS USA Holdings Inc. paid an $11 million ransom to cybercriminals last week that temporarily destroyed a plant that handles about a fifth of the nation's meat supply, the chief executive said. . Andre Nogueira, CEO of the U.S. division of Brazilian meat company JBS SA, said the bitcoin ransom was to protect the JBS meat plant from further damage and limit the potential impact on restaurants, grocery stores and farmers that depend on JBS.
Details
- Date
- Jun 10, 2021
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Ransomware
- How in
- Other
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "JBS hack, Jun 10, 2021: $11M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htd3dc40bc7e/ (data as of 2026-10-31).