Clorox Company admits cyberattack disruption was 'widescale'

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Back to 'manual' order processing for $7B household cleaning biz, financial impact will be 'material'

The Clorox Company, makers of bleach and other household cleaning products, doesn't expect operations to return to normal until near month end as it combs over"widescale disruption to operations" caused by cyber baddies.confirmed a week ago

that it had identified unauthorized activity in its network but didn't reveal whether the crooks had exfiltrated data, when it happened, or how long it took to spot them. Certain unspecified systems were pulled offline"out of an abundance of caution," and some operations were"impaired" as a result.[PDF], the company said it"began manual ordering and processing procedures shortly thereafter at a reduced rate of operations. The company is operating at a lower rate of order processing and has recently begun to experience an elevated level of consumer product availability issues.

Clorox does believe the intruders'"activity is contained" however this whole sorry tale is having a considerable financial impact that will be visible in the next set of quarterly results, the company warned. "The cybersecurity attack damaged portions of the company's IT infrastructure, which caused widescale disruption of Clorox's operations. The company is repairing the infrastructure and is reintegrating the systems that were proactively taken offline," the SEC filing adds.

 

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