When Patching Isn't Enough: What the Fairlife Ransomware Attack Says About Network Edge Risk
Brief
A recent ransomware incident at Coca-cola owned dairy company Fairlife provides a potent example of network edge devices being targeted for exploitation, and of the scale of outcomes attackers can achieve by exploiting them.
According to reporting from MSN and others, the ransomware attack caused Fairlife to temporarily suspend production across its U. S. facilities after an unauthorized third party gained access to systems that included production-related infrastructure. Eleven days after the initial disclosure, Coca-Cola said the majority of production had resumed.
The Anubis ransomware group claimed responsibility. The group said it encrypted Fairlife’s Nutanix systems and stole approximately 1 TB of data. Coca-Cola subsequently confirmed that data had been taken, although it has not publicly validated all of Anubis’s claims about the attack.