JBS CEO Andre Nogueira confirmed that the company paid the equivalent of $11 million to hackers who caused shutdowns at the company’s worldwide operations last week.

Company characterizes disruption as ransomware attack from Russian criminal organization.

A cyber attack that crippled production at JBS SA’s Australian operations has begun to affect its North American facilities as well.

It is not yet known if the attack will affect operations in the U.S., South America.