Tonight's T-Bone Steak Is Critical Infrastructure

In the past month alone, cyberattacks have been revealed on a French shoe manufacturer, a regional library in the U.S., and a Spanish delivery startup. They escaped widespread attention because the disruptions didn’t bring the supply of oil or T-bone steaks to a standstill.

JBS SA’s meatpacking facilities in the U.S. ground to a halt this week after a Russia-linked hacking group infiltrated the company, forcing all beef processing to be shut and impacting other facilities. Now we’re left to ponder whether a quarter of the nation’s meat ranks closer to hippie sports shoes or automotive fuel. That’s the wrong way to look at it.