Fax me a beer, please: Hackers force Asahi back to pen and paper
Japan | Luckily, they still have fax machines. 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 September after a cyber-attack. While all of its facilities in Japan – including six breweries – have partially reopened, its computer systems were still down two weeks later, the BBC reported. That means Asahi has to process orders and shipments manually, either by phone or by fax machines, resulting in much fewer shipments than before the attack.
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