SAO PAULO Brazil – The global meat processor JBS said a cyberattack on its operations in Australia, Canada and the United States didn’t affect its headquarters in Sao Paulo. JBS units in affected countries have been slow to release details of the attack, but dozens of plants have told workers not to report for shifts Suppliers have been told to delay trucks scheduled to deliver animals to slaughterhouses. This includes the company’s giant pork unit northeast of Worthington Minnesota.
Minnesota plant. With 2,400 employees, the JBS pork-processing plant is Worthington’s largest employer. The southwest Minnesota city’s population is 13,000. Nobles County is 22,000.