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- Sep 29, 202590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Ransomware Attack Halts Asahi's Beer Orders and Shipments in Japan
- On 29 September 2025 Asahi Group Holdings said a cyberattack was disrupting its systems; it later confirmed its servers had been hit by ransomware[1]
- Containment measures stopped system-based order-taking and shipments across its Japanese group companies, and external email stopped working; manual orders and shipments began in early October[1]
- Asahi Breweries restarted all six domestic breweries from 2 October with partial shipments of Asahi Super Dry; soft-drink and food factories followed by 9 October[4]
- Asahi's investigation found the attacker entered through network equipment at a group site; data on up to about 1,525,000 customer-centre contacts, plus several smaller groups, may have been exposed[3]
- The attack left Asahi's Japan business short of expectations: Japan and East Asia core operating profit fell 3.1% to JPY 100bn in the nine-month results[2]
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- [1]90%asahigroup-holdings.com/en/newsroom/detail/20251003-0204.htmlasahigroup-holdings.com· Posted Sep 27, 2026· Starts Sep 29, 2025 ✓· 49% of score
Asahi's 3 October 2025 update says the company 'announced on September 29 that its systems are experiencing disruption due to a cyberattack' and that its servers 'were targeted by a ransomware attack'.
- [2]80%Asahi profit dips after Japan cyberattack, Europe weather woes - FoodNavigatorfoodnavigator.com· Published Mar 17, 2026· 23% of score
Reports that the September 2025 ransomware attack left Asahi's Japan and East Asia business short of expectations, with core operating profit there down 3.1% to JPY 100bn in the nine-month results.[1]
- [3]90%Investigation Results and Future Measures on Cyberattack Data Exposure - Asahi Group Holdingsasahigroup-holdings.com· Published Nov 27, 2025· 15% of score
Asahi's investigation: the attacker entered the data-centre network through network equipment at a group site and deployed ransomware that encrypted servers and some PCs; personal data of about 1,525,000 customer-centre contacts and other groups may have been exposed; containment and recovery took about two months.[1]
- [4]88%Update on System Disruption Due to Cyberattack (3rd) - Asahi Group Holdingsasahigroup-holdings.com· Published Oct 8, 2025· 13% of score
Says Asahi Breweries resumed production at all six of its domestic factories from 2 October with partial shipments of Asahi Super Dry, and that Asahi Soft Drinks and Asahi Group Foods partially restarted their factories by 8-9 October.[1]
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