Pictured: a Molson Canadian facility, as seen from Old Montreal. (Eternalsleeper at en.wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
Molson Coors today reported that it has experienced a systems outage caused by a cybersecurity incident that has delayed and may continue to disrupt parts of the company’s business, including its brewery operations, production and shipments.
While the buzz around the security industry was that the company experienced a ransomware attack, Molson Coors did not confirm the nature of the cyber incident.
The Chicago-based brewer, best known for Coors Light and Miller Light and many other legacy beer brands, said in a Form 8-K filing that it has hired a leading forensic information technology firm and legal counsel to help the company investigate and remediate the incident and get its systems back up.
Given the round-the-clock nature of operations at food and beverage companies, much of the IT equipment in manufacturing plants can’t get patched frequently, making these operations a pri ..
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