Nichirei hack disrupts Japan's food supply and leaks data
Japanese cold-chain logistics company Nichirei was hacked, disrupting food supply and cold-chain logistics operations. Food supplies to KFC and large supermarkets were also affected. A ransomware group later published the stolen data and claimed to have leaked more than 200,000 records.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Nichirei
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Disruption to food supply and cold-chain logistics; claimed leak of more than 200,000 records
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- Japan
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Timeline
- It emerged that the Nichirei hack had disrupted food supplies to KFC and large supermarkets.
- Disruption to food and cold-chain logistics operations caused by the cyberattack was reported.
- A ransomware group published data stolen from Nichirei and claimed to have leaked more than 200,000 records.
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