"Cyberattack Causes Disruptions at Canadian Meat Giant Maple Leaf Foods"

Canadian meat giant Maple Leaf Foods has recently confirmed that it is experiencing an outage after falling victim to a cyberattack.  Maple Leaf Foods has more than 14,000 employees and has a market presence in Canada, the US, and Asia, offering products under several brands, including Maple Leaf, Schneiders, Mina, Greenfield Natural Meat Co., Lightlife, and Field Roast.  Over the weekend, the company fell victim to a cyberattack that resulted in system disruptions.  The company noted that upon learning of the incident, they took immediate action and engaged cybersecurity and recovery experts.  The company said that it has executed business continuity plans and that work is underway to restore the impacted systems.  However, the company expects further operational and service disruptions, saying that restoration efforts take time.  The company has not provided specific details on the cyberattack, but the outage and the prolonged restoration efforts could mean the company was the victim of a ransomware attack. 

SecurityWeek reports: "Cyberattack Causes Disruptions at Canadian Meat Giant Maple Leaf Foods"