Qilin ransomware halts Asahi beer production in Japan
A ransomware attack forced Asahi to stop orders, shipments and production at its Japanese breweries for days, with logistics not expected to be normal until early 2026.
- Service
- Asahi
- Date
- 29 September 2025
- Cause
- Cyberattack
- Duration
- Not stated or multi-day
- Status
- resolved
- Severity
- critical
- Region
- Global
- Source
- ITPro ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “Qilin ransomware halts Asahi beer production in Japan”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 29 Sep 2025. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2025-09-29-asahi-outage/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: ITPro, https://www.itpro.com/security/japan-running-super-dry-of-its-favourite-beer-as-asahi-cyberattack-continues.
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