Astral Foods suffered a cyber attack on 16 March

[mylesillidge]

Cyber attack on South Africa's biggest chicken producer

Astral Foods has notified shareholders that it suffered a cyber attack on 16 March 2025 that impacted its ability to produce chicken and make deliveries to customers.

In its notice, South Africa's largest chicken producer described what sounds like a ransomware attack, and said it responded quickly to get its systems operational.

 

[Pythonista]

Cost them R20 mil ? Can't help thinking that R2 mil spent in prevention would have been cheaper.

 

[PCWARITM]

Cost them R20 mil ? Can't help thinking that R2 mil spent in prevention would have been cheaper.

Nah, why pay these IT geeks. You can't even see what they do.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

You will be assimilated .... "The Borg"