'We're looking closely at that issue,' Biden said when asked if he would retaliate for the latest ransomware attack, which was against JBS Foods. U.S. ag officials warned that the hack over the Memorial Day weekend could cause meat prices to spike as much as 30 per cent. The JBS meat processing facility in Worthington, Minnesota is pictured above in September 2019. Even before the attack, US meat prices were rising due to coronavirus shutdowns, bad weather and high plant absenteeism. After the cyber attack on the Colonial pipeline last month, the Biden administration declined to condemn the Russian government.

Source: Daily Mail June 03, 2021 20:16 UTC