How a major beer-maker became the latest cyber attack victim

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Yet another cyber attack is rattling big
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businesses and this time it's hitting
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Japan's brewing giant Asahi. The hack
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has forced the company to suspend
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shipping and customer service in Japan.
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The European operations including UK
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brewer Fullers remains unaffected for
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now. It's the latest in a string of
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high-profile attacks across the UK. M&S,
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Co-op, Jaguar Land Rover, and luxury
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retailer Harrods have all been targeted
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in recent months, highlighting just how
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vulnerable major firms and their supply
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chains have become. Asahi, which owns
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Peroni, Pznner, and Fuller's London
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Pride, described the incident as a
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system failure and said there's no
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evidence of customer data being leaked.
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But the disruption has stopped orders
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and shipments in Japan, leaving
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businesses and fans waiting. JLR is in
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an even tighter spot. A cyber attack
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forced its factories in the UK,
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Slovakia, India, and Brazil to shut down
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for almost a month with losses estimated
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at 1.7 billion pounds in revenue. The UK
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government has stepped in with a 1.5
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billion loan guarantee, plus an extra 2
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billion from international banks, but
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smaller suppliers are still in the
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latch, and some have already started
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laying off staff. Harrods was also hit
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with hackers accessing data on 430,000
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customers. No payment details were
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stolen and the retailer refused to
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engage with the attackers working with
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authorities instead. Cyber experts
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warned these attacks are no longer rare.
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In fact, a report from Insurer Hisco
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showed that almost 60% of companies
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faced a hack in the past year with many
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paying ransoms and still failing to
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fully recover their data. From beers to
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cars to luxury goods, it seems that no
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business is safe. For firms of all
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sixes, investing in cyber security
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shouldn't be an option, but rather an
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urgent necessity. For more on the story,
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stick with citym.com.
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