Coca-Cola suspends Fairlife production after ransomware attack

Satarupa Bhowmik

Fri, July 17, 2026 astatine 9:16 AM CDT 1 min read

Coca-Cola has "temporarily suspended" operations astatine its Fairlife dairy concern successful the US aft a ransomware incident.

In a connection issued astatine conscionable aft 4pm EDT yesterday (16 July), Coca-Cola confirmed it detected "unauthorised access" to a conception of its network, including production-linked systems, by a 3rd party.

The institution did not place immoderate ransomware radical progressive and gave nary denotation of erstwhile operations mightiness beryllium restored.

"The afloat scope, quality and impacts of the incidental are not yet known," the US drinks elephantine said.

Coca-Cola said it has launched an investigation, brought successful "outside advisors and cybersecurity experts" and informed instrumentality enforcement.

It besides sought to guarantee consumers that the prime and information of the products "have not been impacted".

Coca-Cola's operations successful Canada are unaffected, the institution added.

Fairlife was established successful 2012 by Mike and Sue McCloskey done a concern involving Coca-Cola and dairy cooperative Select Milk Producers, which was founded successful 1994 by the McCloskeys.

Coca-Cola took afloat ownership of Fairlife successful 2020.