Asahi Breached: 1.5M Customers' Data Exposed

Asahi, Japans leading beer producer, suffered a major cyber-attack in September, potentially exposing personal data of over 1.5 million customers. The ransomware attack disrupted operations, forcing manual order processing. The company, known for its popular beverages, plans to notify affected individuals and delay financial results to manage the breach. The attack, discovered on September 29, compromised names, genders, addresses, and contact details of 1.52 million customers and 114,000 external contacts. Fortunately, credit card details were not leaked. Asahi is working to restore systems and apologized for the disruption, vowing to enhance information security. The Daily News Now! — Every city. Every story. AI-powered. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.