Asahi cyber-attack leaves Seven-Eleven Japan short of beer
SpilloverSpillover from the Asahi Group Holdings incident · View original incident →Seven-Eleven Japan ran short of Super Dry beer in the wake of a cyber-attack on Asahi. The beer shortage came to light on 2 October 2025.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Seven-Eleven Japan
- Original incident
- Asahi ransomware attack disrupts Japanese production amid data leak concerns
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Shortage of Super Dry beer
- Cause / method
- Fallout from a cyber-attack on Asahi
- Location
- Japan
Timeline
- The shortage of Super Dry beer at Seven-Eleven Japan in the wake of the Asahi cyber-attack came to light.
Original incident
This is spillover from the Asahi Group Holdings incident.
Asahi ransomware attack disrupts Japanese production amid data leak concerns
2.3mImpact: Potential exposure of 2.28 million personal information records and disruption to production and dispatches in Japan
Asahi Group suffered a cyber-attack in September 2025 that disrupted production and dispatches in Japan, and subsequently confirmed that it was a ransomware attack. The ransomware group Qilin claimed responsibility, while the company kept operations running through manual processes. By July 2026, the number of personal information records potentially exposed had increased to 2.28 million.
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