Cyberattack on food giant Dole temporarily shuts down North America production, company memo says

CNN ^ | 2/22/23 | Sean Lyngaas

[CFW]

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, according to a company memo about the incident obtained by CNN.

The previously unreported hack — which a source familiar with the incident said was ransomware — led some grocery shoppers to complain on Facebook in recent days that store shelves were missing Dole-made salad kits.

“Dole Food Company is in the midst of a Cyber Attack and have subsequently shut down our systems throughout North America,” Emanuel Lazopoulos, senior vice president at Dole’s Fresh Vegetables division, said in a February 10 memo to retailers.

[CFW]

This apparently happened earlier this month, but this article is the first I've heard of it.

[RayChuang88]

It’s not that hard to recover from this. But a major fire at a critical food production facility like Hormel Foods’ main plant in Austin, Minnesota is a very different story.

[Sirius Lee]

WEF in action.

[DoodleBob]

[bigbob]

Still, a corporate CIO should he out of a job for letting this happen.

[ConservativeWarrior]

While a CIO of CISO may lose their job over this, it’s likely not directly their fault.

The business/board decides how much risk they are willing to accept. It’s not actually up to the security folks what money gets spent or what vulnerabilities are fixed.

[Carriage Hill]

Plenty of Dole® Bananas, Pineapples etc at my local Weis Market, here in York, PA.

[Alas Babylon!]

Better stock up on canned pineapple today!

[Tell It Right]

Have there been any fires or cyber attacks lately on bug food plants?

Asking for a Democrat friend.

[Carriage Hill]

Mmmmmmmmmmm... B A C O N !

[Vaduz]

Well gee gosh what in the world did they do before computers.

OH WAIT call in order ship it no intercept.