Asahi cyberattack 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 cyberattack on Asahi. The beer shortage came to light on October 2, 2025.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Seven-Eleven Japan
- Original incident
- Asahi ransomware attack disrupts Japanese production, raises data leak concerns
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Shortage of Super Dry beer
- Cause / method
- Fallout from a cyberattack on Asahi
- Location
- Japan
Timeline
- The shortage of Super Dry beer at Seven-Eleven Japan in the wake of the Asahi cyberattack came to light.
Original incident
This is spillover from the Asahi Group Holdings incident.
Asahi ransomware attack disrupts Japanese production, raises data leak concerns
2.3MImpact: Potential exposure of 2.28 million personal information records and disruptions to production and shipments in Japan
Asahi Group suffered a cyberattack in September 2025 that disrupted production and shipments in Japan, and later confirmed it was a ransomware attack. The ransomware group Qilin claimed responsibility, while the company continued operations using manual processes. By July 2026, the number of personal information records potentially exposed had risen to 2.28 million.
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