Coca-Cola suspended production at its Fairlife dairy after a ransomware attack

In Brief

U.S. beverage shaper Coca-Cola said 1 of its dairy subsidiaries was hacked and that it’s shutting down its operations for the foreseeable future. The multinational elephantine said successful a disclosure with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that its Fairlife dairy institution was deed by ransomware and that its accumulation systems are affected. The institution said that its Fairlife accumulation operations crossed the United States are “temporarily suspended.”

Fairlife’s operations successful Canada are unaffected.

Coca-Cola is 1 of the largest companies successful the world, with products spanning carbonated drinks, water, and dairy products. Its Fairlife dairy is 1 of the company’s large brands, with an estimated $4 cardinal successful income by 2024.

Ransomware attacks connected nutrient and beverage companies tin person lasting effects. Past incidents astatine Arizona Beverages successful 2019 and food distributor elephantine UNFI past year resulted successful weeks-long disruptions to their respective accumulation lines and bare market shelves.

Coca-Cola didn’t accidental erstwhile Fairlife’s systems would beryllium restored.

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