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World’s Largest Meat Supplier Hit By Massive Cyberattack

World’s Largest Meat Supplier Hit By Massive Cyberattack:  Work has stopped at several U.S. meat processing plants after JBS, the world's largest meat producer, was hit with a major cyberattack which forced it to cease cattle-slaughtering operations at 13 of its meat processing plants in the U.S. on Tuesday.   This incident came just three weeks after the Colonial Pipeline hack disrupted fuel operations in the U.S. Wow, kinda makes you wonder, just who in the hell would wanna attack a meatpacking plant?  Could it have been hamburglars?  Now, cybersecurity experts are claiming it was the Russians, but why would they go after a meat supplier?  I mean, is it possible that Vladimir Putin and the Russians have gone vegan, and this is their way of promoting living a much healthier lifestyle for our planet?    Frankly, this really boggles the mind.  I mean, meat plants really use computers?  Who knew?  Then perhaps it’s time to spend a few o...

Top US Cyber Chief Fired After Debunking Trump Election Myths

Top US Cyber Chief Fired After Debunking Trump Election Myths:   President Trump has just tweet-fired Christopher Krebs, the U.S. government’s top cybersecurity official who oversaw the defense of the 2020 elections, after he spent weeks contradicting the election-related conspiracy theories that President Trump and his allies have been promoting to deny the legitimacy of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. Now, is it just me, or does it seem a wee-bit bizarre for the captain of a ship to start throwing crew members overboard - when the ship is already sinking and well on its way down to the bottom? Why, next thing you know - Trump’ll fire the Statue of Liberty, claiming she’s been welcoming in illegal voters.  Of course, the big question now is, who’ll replace Christopher Krebs?  Will it be Kayne West, Ted Nugent, or Gary Busey?  Hell, maybe we should ask Rudy Giuliani to take the job?  After all, he knows all about computers - at least all about Hunter...