Fairlife, Coca-Cola’s dairy subsidiary, has temporarily suspended U.S. production after a cyberattack compromised parts of its computer systems.
A third party gained access to parts of Chicago-based Fairlife’s network, including business systems connected to its production operations, Coca-Cola announced Thursday.
After discovering the breach, the company activated its incident response and business continuity plans, brought in outside cybersecurity experts to investigate and notified law enforcement, according to a news release.
The full scope and potential impact of the incident are unknown at this time, including the financial aspect, Coca-Cola said.
“Product quality and safety have not been impacted. However, as a result of the incident, production operations at Fairlife in the United States are temporarily suspended. Fairlife’s Canada production operations are not currently impacted,” a Coca-Cola news release read.
“The company is working diligently to complete the investigation and restore the systems and impacted operations,” the release continued.
Officials have not stated when the suspended production lines will return to normal operation, or if any sensative employee or consumer data was compromised, Fox 5 reports.
Fairlife is best known for its ultra-filtered milk, Core Power protein shakes and Nutrition Plan nutrition shakes.
The Independent has contacted Coca-Cola for an update.
