Cyberattack Forces DFA Plant Disruptions, Breach of Personal Data

October 22, 2025

INCIDENT

Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) experienced a ransomware attack. The hackers gained unauthorized access to internal systems and disrupted operations before the incident was contained. Multiple DFA manufacturing plants were impacted, although DFA reported affected facilities were brought back online to continue milk receiving and processing as mitigation efforts took effect. DFA completed internal review by 15 September 2025 and began mailing breach notices to impacted individuals in October 2025.

Incident Date

June 11, 2025

Estimated Cost

multiple plants' operations affected

Type of Malware

No Malware identified

Threat Source