BBC (October 11)
“Asahi, the maker of Japan’s best-selling beer, was forced to halt production at most of its 30 factories in the country at the end of last month after being hit by a cyber-attack.” The brewer’s facilities in Japan have partially reopened although “its computer systems are still down.” The attack marked “the latest in a series of cyber-attacks… that have hit major firms around the world.” Recent Japanese victims include a container terminal in Nagoya and Japan Airlines. The nation may be particularly vulnerable. “While Japan’s image around the world may be of a technologically advanced nation, some experts have warned it does not have enough cybersecurity professionals and has low rates of digital literacy when it comes to business software.”
Tags: 30 factories, Asahi, Beer, Computer systems, Container terminal, Cyber-attack, Digital literacy, JAL, Japan, Nagoya, Production, Professionals, Reopened, Software, Vulnerable
FreightWaves (February 14)
“The busiest commercial crossing between the U.S. and Canada, the Ambassador Bridge, reopened late Sunday after police in Windsor, Ontario, cleared out a protest over COVID-19 restrictions that squeezed the cross-border supply chain for a week.” Some other border crossings still remain closed by protests, which have “disrupted millions of dollars of trade and led multiple auto plants to slow production because of delays in receiving parts.”
Tags: Ambassador Bridge, Auto plants, Busiest, Canada, Commercial crossing, COVID-19, Delays, Disrupted, Ontario, Police, Production, Protest, Reopened, Restrictions, Supply chain, Trade, U.S., Windsor
Reuters (May 26)
The NYSE “partially reopened its trading floor on Tuesday, having been closed since March 20. The question is why. It’s getting harder to argue the exchange, owned by Intercontinental Exchange, even needs such a thing. Trading didn’t suffer any noticeable glitches while it was closed.”
Tags: Closed, Glitches, Intercontinental Exchange, NYSE, Reopened, Trading floor
