World’s biggest meat producer JBS pays $11m cybercrime ransom

Brazil-based company paid ransom in bitcoin after ransomware attack shut down operations across world

JBS, the world's biggest meat processor, has paid an $11m (7.8m) ransom after a cyber-attack shut down operations, including abattoirs in the US, Australia and Canada.

While most of its operations have been restored, the Brazilian-headquartered company said it hoped the payment would head off any further complications including data theft.