The One Reason Why Cyberattacks Are Worse Now Than Ever Before
Nothing is safe from a cyberattack, not even breakfast. Bagel fans in the United States broke out in a cold sweat when cream cheese vanished from bakeries and bagel shops at the close of 2021. COVID-19 supply chain bottlenecks played a role, but American bagelholics went into sudden withdrawal mostly because a cyberattack shuttered the dairy production of the largest cream cheese manufacturer in the United States.
It’s no schmear campaign; cybercriminals caused the Great Cream Cheese Shortage of 2021. Shortly before Thanksgiving in the United States, ransomware infected the computer systems of dairy behemoth Schreiber Foods, a Wisconsin-based producer of cream cheese, milk, ...
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