Japan days away from running out of Asahi Super Dry due to cyber attack – reports

Japan’s Asahi Group Holdings, a major beer company, announced that it had experienced a system failure due to a cyber-attack. Photograph: Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP/Getty Images

The Asahi group, Japan’s biggest brewery, is reportedly just days away from running out of its most popular beer, as it struggles to recover from a cyber-attack that caused a system outage.

The ransomware attack, reported on Monday, forced the company to halt production at most of its 30 factories nationwide, including those producing it signature mass-market lager Asahi Super Dry.