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At Least 59K Meatpacking Workers Got COVID, 269 Died, Report Finds
A U.S. House report says at least 59,000 meatpacking workers became ill with COVID-19 and 269 workers died when the virus tore through the industry last year
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Meat Supplier JBS Paid Ransomware Hackers $11 Million
JBS was hacked in May by REvil, one of a number of Russian-speaking hacker gangs, leading to meat plants across the U.S. and Australia shutting down for at least a day.
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What Is Ransomware and How Does It Work?
An epidemic of ransomware attacks has prompted Biden administration officials to deem them a national security threat. But what exactly is “ransomware” and how do these cyberattacks work?
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Connecticut Farms Get Boost in Business During Pandemic
Killam & Bassette Farmstead in South Glastonbury was one of the Connecticut farms that saw an increase in business at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Twenty-twenty was just so unprecedented,” Chris Bassette, the owner of Killam & Bassette Farmstead, said. “We did very well. People tended to come here because they didn’t want to go to the big...
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Local Farms Got Boost in Business During Pandemic
Local farms are getting a boost during the pandemic.
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World's Largest Meat Producer Getting Back Online After Cyberattack
The world’s largest meat processing company has resumed most production after a weekend cyberattack, but experts say the vulnerabilities exposed by this attack and others are far from resolved.
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Largest Meat Producer in the US Targeted by Cyberattack
JBS USA says it has been the target of a major cyberattack. The company is part of one of the largest food companies in the world.
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Meat Producer JBS Says It Expects Most Plants to Be Operating Wednesday
A ransomware attack on the world’s largest meat processing company disrupted production around the world just weeks after a similar incident shut down a U.S. oil pipeline. Brazil’s JBS SA, however, said late Tuesday that it had made “significant progress” in dealing with the cyberattack and expected the “vast majority” of its plants to be operating on Wednesday. “Our...