As it was previously reported, the hacker attack recently affected JBS Foods, the world’s largest supplier of poultry and beef, and the second largest supplier of pork.

The company operates in the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia and other countries, supplying food to 190 countries around the world.

Several factories owned by JBS in various countries, the United States, Australia and Canada, had to suspend production due to the attack.

The US authorities have already reported their suspicions that the attack was orchestrated by a Russian-speaking hack group. Now this version has been confirmed by representatives of the FBI. The FBI has released an official statement, blaming the incident on the notorious hacker group called REvil (also known as Sodinokibi).

In the official statement, the FBI says it is working hard to bring those responsible for this and other hacker attacks to justice.

REvil became known to information security specialists in 2019. This group is believed to be part of or a rebrand of the ransomware group GandCrab, which ceased operations in 2019.

REvil is a Russian-speaking hack group operating on the RaaS basis(i.e. Ransomware-as-a-Service). According to this scheme, the developers of the malicious software transfers it for a share of the “profit” to third parties, who in their turn use it to hack corporate networks, steal or encrypt data.

Over the two years of its existence, the REvil group has managed to attack many well-known companies and organizations, including SeaChange International, Travelex, Asteelflash, Quanta Computer Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks (GSMLaw), CyrusOne, Artech Information Systems, Brown-Forman, and Albany International Airport.

Press secretary Jen Psaki also mentioned that US President Joe Biden will discuss the issue of this hacker group with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Geneva summit. The summit will take place on June 16, 2021.