Cyberattack on food giant Dole shuts down production

Discussion in 'malware problems & news' started by waking, Feb 23, 2023.

  1. waking

    waking Registered Member

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    Cyberattack on food giant Dole temporarily shuts down North America production

    By Sean Lyngaas, CNN

    Updated 7:47 PM EST, Wed February 22, 2023

    https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/22/business/dole-cyberattack/index.html

    "A cyberattack earlier this month forced produce giant Dole to temporarily shut down
    production plants in North America and halt food shipments to grocery stores ..."

    "... Dole spokesperson William Goldfield sent CNN a statement confirming that
    ransomware was the cause of the incident."
     
  2. xxJackxx

    xxJackxx Registered Member

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    Still wondering why production is on the public internet and affected by such things. Email and such should be on a separate network that can't shut down operations.
     
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