Japan’s days are far from the depletion of Asahi Super Dry after the Internet attack

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Japan is only a few days away from Asahi Super Dry as a producer of the country’s most popular beer with a devastating electronic attack that closed local beer factories.

The company said that the vast majority of 30 factories of the Ashay Group in Japan have not operated since Monday after the attack disrupted the demand and delivery system.

Retail dealers are already blank shelves as the power outages extend to its fourth day with the absence of a clear timetable for the factories that recommend the operations. Super Dry can also run out Izakaya Babs, which depend on drafts and bottles.

Lawson, one of JapanThe big stores said, in a statement that they store many Ashai Group products and “some of these products can become unintended from tomorrow on the way.”

“This has an effect on everyone,” said one of the senior retailers in Japan. “I think we will run out of products soon. When it comes to a super dry, I think we will run out in two or three days in supermarkets and Ashai products within a week or so.”

The CEO said that he will look forward to other brands such as Suntory or Kirin to inform the thirst of the Japanese, but they admitted that many customers are very loyal to Super Dry.

Asahi refused to comment on any possible deficiency or retail lists. The largest beer factory in Japan produces 6.7 million large bottles of beer daily on average in the country, based on the accounts of the Times financial times using its sales number for 2024.

The Asahi accident follows a series of electronic accidents in other major companies that have proven to be very troubled. Earlier this week, the UK government presented an emergency credit line of 2 billion pounds to Jaguar Land Rover after production stopped for a month due to a devastating electronic attack.

According to Cyber ​​Security Experts at the Nihon Cyber ​​Defeense (NCD), which is increasingly seen by Japanese companies as attractive targets for ransom attackers due to their bad defenses and the fact that many companies have simply paid the required amount through the rear channels.

In 2024 Japan National Police Agency She said she had received 222 official reports on ransom attacks – an increase of 12 percent over the previous year, but NCD experts said it was a small part of the real size of the attacks.

In a poll conducted by the agency, Japanese companies said that in 49 percent of ransom cases, it took at least a month to recover the data lost in the attack. Ashai said in a statement that there was no certain leakage of customer data for the external parties.

In a degree of growing panic in the public and private sectors on electronic weaknesses, Japan passed a law in May to grant the government more rights to control Internet criminals in a proactive manner and infiltrators who are in the state. The head of the government’s policy research council at that time, Itsunori onoderaHe warned that without urgent promotion of cybersecurity in the country, “the lives of the Japanese people will be at risk.”

Ashai, whose shares decreased by 2.6 percent on Thursday, are not produced a very dry beer in Japan, but also soft drinks, mint and children’s food, as well as producing special brands for Japanese retailers.

Asahi is still achieving whether it is a ransom attack, according to a spokesman.

As a result of the cybersecurity, ASAHI postponed the planned launch of eight new ASAHI products, including fruit soda, flavor ginger with lemon and protein tapes, indefinitely.

On Wednesday, ASAHI reused the paper systems to process requests and delivery in a small -sized experience, and is about to know if hand -style delivery processes should be followed up.

Operations were not affected in other regions of the world, such as Europe, where Peroni Nastero Azuru sells the cybersecurity.