Security News > 2020 > June > Now you've done it: Cyber attack targeted Australian brewery 'n' dairy biz Lion

Australian brewery Lion has suspended production, threatening the flow of beer across the continent-country, after a now confirmed* cyber attack struck down its IT systems.

Lion brews southern hemisphere brands including Speights, Steinlager, Lion Red and Brown as well as international brands comprising Guinness, Becks, Corona and Budweiser.

The impact of the attack on Lion shook its entire downstream supply chain.

"The whole of the Lion Breweries system was out of action," a New Zealand publican told local news website Stuff.

Brews News, an Aussie news website for - well, have a guess - quoted a local cybersecurity academic who theorised that the attack may have been linked to the takeover of Lion by a Chinese firm.

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