Astral Foods cyber-attack disrupts chicken processing and deliveries
Astral Foods, South Africa's largest chicken producer, was hit by a cyber-attack on 16 March that disrupted processing and deliveries. The company said costs of clearing the production backlog and lost sales affected profit by about 20 million rand. The specific attack method has not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Astral Foods
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- 2025-03-16
- Scale of damage
- Disruption to processing and deliveries and an impact of about 20 million rand on profit
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- South Africa
Timeline
- A cyber-attack disrupted chicken processing and deliveries.
- Production and delivery delays caused by the cyber-attack were reported.
- The company said costs of clearing the production backlog and lost sales affected profit by about 20 million rand.
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