Clorox Cyberattack: Operations of the Cleaning-product Company Disrupted

This Monday, in a regulatory filing, cleaning-product firm Clorox (CLX) confirmed that it was hit by a cyberattack in August. The attack apparently resulted in disruption of the company’s operations, such as the production of their cleaning products.

The company noted that because of the cyberattack, the products are now facing a shortage in their supply. This is consequently making it difficult for the company in keeping up with consumer demand.

Clorox has not yet confirmed as of what products are impacted in the disruption. 

In the aforementioned filing, the company stated that they have detected a suspicious ‘unauthorized’ activity in some of its information technology systems. They further stated that following the revelation, Clorox swiftly took actions in order to stop the attack, such as minimizing their operations for the time being. However, the company now believes that the attack is still on. 

The business said that it manually fills and processes orders. The process of restoring to regular business operations won’t start, according to the corporation, until next week.

In a statement published by Clorox, the company says, “Clorox has already resumed production at the vast majority of its manufacturing sites and expects the ramp up to full production to occur over time.”

“At this time, the company cannot estimate how long it will take to resume fully normalized operations,” it added. […]
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