Subj : Clorox warns of potential shortages following cyberattack
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Wed Sep 20 2023 15:45:03

Clorox warns of potential shortages following cyberattack

Date:
Wed, 20 Sep 2023 14:33:24 +0000

Description:
A cyberattack forced some Clorox systems offline, and could result in product 
shortages.

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Clorox, the company behind many wel-known household cleaning products, 
suffered a cyberattack last month which caused serious disruption in its 
production chain, the company has confirmed. 

In a filing it made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on August 
14, Clorox said it experienced, unauthorized activity on some of its 
endpoints. To address the issue, the company was forced to turn some of its 
systems offline. 

To the extent possible, and in line with its business continuity plans, 
Clorox has implemented workarounds for certain offline operations in order to 
continue servicing its customers, the document added. However, the incident 
has caused and is expected to continue to cause disruption to parts of the 
companys business operations. Was it ransomware? 

As far as facts go, thats all Clorox has given us. It added that it expects 
the attack to leave a dent in its fiscal first quarter, but its not sure 
exactly how much. It also cant know for certain what this attack will mean in 
the mid-term, or long term. It expects automated order processing to return 
to normal during the week, but it cant definitely say when it will able to 
get back to full production as it was before the attack. 

Besides taking some systems offline, Clorox did what all companies do in this 
situation - it hired a third-party cybersecurity firm to help with the 
investigation and the recovery of any compromised assets. 

If it looks like a duck, the old saying goes, its probably a duck. While 
Clorox did not specifically describe this incident as a ransomware attack, 
the fact that it was forced to shut some systems down and has trouble 
restoring operations sounds a lot like a ransomware attack. Still, no 
ransomware groups have claimed responsibility for the attack, nor has any 
data leaked on the dark web, as is usually the case. More from TechRadar Pro 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/clorox-warns-of-potential-shortages-fol
lowing-cyberattack


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