Cyberattack at Food Producer, Vero Foods

January 5, 2026

INCIDENT

Calgary, Canada-based food producer, Vero Foods, suffered a cyberattack where threat actors were able to gain access to email files that contained personally identifiable information.
“On December 6, 2024, Vero Foods became aware of suspicious activity within their environment,” the company said in a letter to victims. “We promptly took steps to secure our network and launched an investigation. The investigation determined that certain email files were accessed without authorization by an unknown actor between December 2, 2024, and December 7, 2024.”
As a result of the attack, Vero Foods did say it has no evidence of any identity theft or fraud occurring in connection with this incident. Vero Foods conducted a review of relevant systems and notified those whose information was present within the systems. The company just completed that review.

Incident Date

December 2, 2024

Location

Canada

Estimated Cost

Unknown at this time

Victims

Type of Malware

No Malware identified

Threat Source

No threat source identified