Arla Foods’ Production Disrupted in Germany

October 7, 2025

INCIDENT

Danish food giant Arla Foods confirmed a cyberattack disrupted its production operations. The attack affected its production unit in Upahl, Germany, and resulted in product delivery delays and cancellations. "We can confirm that we have identified suspicious activity at our dairy site in Upahl that impacted the local IT network," stated an Arla spokesperson. "Due to the safety measures initiated as a result of the incident, production was temporarily affected." Production at other Arla sites is not affected. Arla Foods publicly confirmed the cyberattack on 19 May 2025

Incident Date

May 19, 2025

Estimated Cost

production halted & reduced for 6 days

Victims

Type of Malware

No Malware identified

Threat Source

No threat source identified