Japan faces Asahi beer shortage after cyber-attack
Japan faces shortage of Asahi products, including beer and bottled tea, because the beverage giant is struggling with the effect of a large cyber attack that affects its operations in the country.
The company said that most of the Asahi Group’s factories in Japan have stopped since Monday and stopped after the system ordered.
Big Japanese Retailer including 7-Eleven and Familymart, now warned customers to wait for the scarcity of Asahi products.
BBC contacted Asahi for a comment.
Familymart said on Thursday that Asahi temporarily suspended the orders and shipments of his products without “there is no possibility of being again”.
One of the biggest markets in Japan, the company, asahi Famimaru bottled teas is expected to be inadequate or in stock, he said.
Iz We sincerely apologize for any discomfort caused by our customers, Fam Familymart said that he was working with Asahi to continue the sale of products.
The Japanese global market chain, 7-Eleven, stopped shipments in his country, including popular super dry beer.
7-Eleven spokesman, shops are recommended to wait for the shortage of Asahi products, he said.
Lawson, another great Japanese retailer, said that some Asahi products expect to be insufficient from today.
Retailer, customers to minimize the impact of alternative products plans to store, he said.
The Japanese supermarket chain, life cooperation has also warned that Asahi products can soon come out of stock.
Asahi is the largest beer manufacturer in Japan and also has global brands such as Fullers and Peroni, Pilsner Urquell and Grolsch in the UK.
Japan constitutes about half of its total sales.
In addition to beer, Asahi also makes non -alcoholic beverages and food products and supplies their own brand products to retailers such as Familymart.
Asahi He said that at the beginning of this week, the system failure was limited to local operations. He also said that “personal information of customer data is not a verified leak”.
“We are actively investigating and working on the reason to restore operations, but there is no estimated time schedule for recovery right now,” he said.
