Ransomware attacks have been the bane of the meat industry for several years now. I can’t count how many of our smaller clients and fellow vendors have fallen victim to this kind of terrorist attack. But the fact that a pipeline of one of the largest fuel transporters on the East Coast and one of the largest suppliers of proteins in the world got hit finally kicked the headlines up to national news.
What gets lost in the national news stories is that it is not just large businesses that get hit; medium and small companies get hit as well5.