By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS<\/p>\n
NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Milk brand Fairlife is pausing its production in the U.S. after a ransomware cyberattack breached the company\u2019s systems.<\/p>\n
Coca-Cola, which owns Fairlife, announced Thursday that its dairy company had identified \u201cunauthorized access by a third party\u201d to a portion of its systems, including those related to production. The company disclosed that this was in connection to a ransomware event \u2014 and in response, it took some operations offline.<\/p>\n
\u201cProduct quality and safety have not been impacted,\u201d Atlanta-based Coca-Cola said in a statement. \u201cHowever, as a result of the incident, production operations at Fairlife in the United States are temporarily suspended.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fairlife\u2019s Canadian operations were not affected. The full scope and impacts of the attack are otherwise still unknown, Coca-Cola added \u2014 but the beverage giant said it had informed law enforcement, and is also working with cybersecurity experts as it continues its investigation and recovery to restore operations.<\/p>\n
A company spokesperson said there were no further updates to share as of Friday morning.<\/p>\n
Cyberattacks are on the rise across sectors. Beyond dairy goods, other breaches have recently resulted in anything from core education services<\/a> getting knocked offline to empty shelves<\/a> at popular clothing or grocery stores.<\/p>\n