Case Study: A Poultry Processor’s Ransomware Recovery

When ransomware hit a large poultry processor, the clock was brutal: live birds, cold storage, and contracts that do not pause. This case study reconstructs the 72 hours that followed.

The recovery hinged on immutable backups and a decision, made in advance, about who could authorise isolating the plant network. Where the plan held, recovery was measured in days; where it had gaps, in weeks.

The report is candid about the near-misses, because those are where the lessons live. It ends with the processor’s own after-action changes.