Cyberattack Disrupts North and Latin American Operations at Bridgestone Americas

Bridgestone Americas experienced a cyberattack in early September 2025 that disrupted operations at several of its manufacturing and retreading facilities. The attack halted or disrupted production at multiple facilities. At least two plants were identified; in Aiken County, South Carolina (U.S.) and a major Bridgestone facility in Joliette, Quebec (Canada). These sites paused normal operations while the incident was contained and IT systems were isolated. Employees at affected plants were either sent home or given optional work on preventive maintenance with pay during the outage. Overall multiple sites across North America and Latin America were affected, causing temporary operational suspension in several plants until systems were isolated and restored by mid‑September 2025.

No ransomware group has publicly claimed responsibility.

Estimated Cost

~10–16 days of partial production shutdown/disruption at impacted Bridgestone Americas sites.

Threat Source

Impacts

OT IT