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Coca-Cola halts Fairlife production after ransomware hit
Coca-Cola says a ransomware attack hit Fairlife, suspending U.S. production for the foreseeable future while Canada stays unaffected.
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Coca-Cola said a ransomware attack has forced its Fairlife dairy business to suspend U.S. production operations for the foreseeable future.
The company disclosed in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that the attack affected Fairlife’s production systems. According to Coca-Cola, Fairlife’s operations across the United States are “temporarily suspended.” Its Canada operations are not affected.
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Fairlife is one of Coca-Cola’s major dairy brands, with an estimated $4 billion in sales by 2024. Coca-Cola did not say when Fairlife’s systems would be restored.
Ransomware attacks on food and beverage companies have caused extended disruption before. Arizona Beverages was hit in 2019, and food distributor UNFI suffered an incident last year; both cases led to production problems that lasted for weeks, along with empty grocery shelves.
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