The Coca-Cola Company announced its wholly owned subsidiary, fairlife, had “identified unauthorized access by a third party to a portion of its systems, including its production-related systems, in connection with a ransomware event.”
fairlife alerted law enforcement and is working with cybersecurity experts. The company stated that product safety and quality were not affected by the event, but the full scope, nature and impacts of the attack weren’t immediately clear. As a result, fairlife temporarily suspended production in the U.S.
fairlife operates three factories in the U.S., including its largest in Coopersville employing around 400 people and sourcing over six million pounds of raw milk per day from more than 30 Michigan dairy farms. Earlier this year, it announced plans for a $650 million expansion, creating 150 new jobs.
The company did not specify when U.S. operations would resume.
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