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Setting a dangerous precedent, the ransom was paid in bitcoin.
Global meat processing company JBS Foods has confirmed that it paid the equivalent of $US11 million ($14.2 million) to a criminal gang to end a five-day cyber attack that halted its operations around the world last week, including Australia.
Global meat processing company JBS Foods has confirmed that it paid the equivalent of $US11 million ($14.2 million) to a criminal gang to end a five-day cyber attack that halted its operations around the world last week, including Australia.
Global meat company pays hackers $14.2m to end week-long cyber attack
International meat processing giant JBS Foods says it paid a criminal gang $14.2 million in Bitcoin to end the cyber attack that ground its operations to a halt around the world.
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