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Asahi Halts Japan Ordering and Shipping After Cyberattack

The beer giant reports a domestic-only outage with no confirmed data leak or timeline for restoration.

Overview

  • Ordering and shipping in Japan remain suspended, and call center and customer service are offline.
  • Asahi says it is investigating the system failure caused by a cyberattack and has not provided an estimated recovery time.
  • The company reports no confirmed leakage of personal information or customer data so far.
  • The disruption is confined to Japan operations, with no impact reported for European or other international units.
  • No ransomware group has publicly claimed responsibility, and reports place the start near 7 a.m. local time with the access method unknown.