Ransomware Shuts Down Coca-Cola Subsidiary, fairlife

Coca-Cola Company ‘s subsidiary, fairlife LLC, suffered a ransomware attack that shut down production-related systems, company officials said Thursday, July 1.
After detecting the unauthorized access by a third party to a portion of its systems, Coke promptly activated its incident response and business continuity protocols, according to an 8-K report the company issued to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The company’s investigation and assessment of the impact of the incident is ongoing, with the assistance of outside advisors and cybersecurity experts. Coke also notified law enforcement. Product quality and safety have not suffered an impact, according to the report.
However, as a result of the incident, production operations at fairlife in the United States are temporarily suspended. Having said that, fairlife’s Canada production operations are not suffering from the attack.

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