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My beer&milk! Aussie brewery 'n' dairy biz Lion down due to "cyber attack"

»www.theregister.com/2020 ··· _attack/
»www.lionco.com/media-cen ··· er-issue
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Australian brewery Lion has suspended production, threatening the flow of beer across the continent-country, after a “cyber attack” struck down its IT systems. In a statement the consumer goods firm, which also deals in milk as well as alcohol, said: “On Monday Lion was a victim of a cyber-attack. We immediately shut down all our systems as a precaution, and we have continued to work with cyber experts to determine how much longer our systems will be impacted. “That said,” added the brewery in its Wednesday statement, “we have made substantial progress over the last 24 hours in terms of diagnosis and recovery planning.” "The whole of the Lion Breweries system was out of action," a New Zealand publican told local news website Stuff. "You couldn't phone or place an order online."
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Re: My beer&milk! Aussie brewery 'n' dairy biz Lion down due to "cyber attack"

»www.theregister.com/2020 ··· stralia/
»www.smh.com.au/technolog ··· 40c.html
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As Australia reels under sustained cyber attacks following increased Chinese diplomatic hostility, the country's Lion brewery and dairy conglomerate has been hit for the second time. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Lion told its staff today "it had been hit by a second cyber attack that had further disrupted its IT systems." "The company is now focusing on defence efforts over restoration from the previous attack, its chief executive officer Stuart Irvine told employees during the briefing," said the newspaper, citing a source who had listened to the call. The second attack was "anticipated" and Lion's IT security bods of choice, Accenture, are said to be dealing with it. The firm refused to comment on reports of an $800,000 equivalent ransomware demand, made in the Monero cryptocurrency.
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