Maple Leaf Foods said in a statement Sunday: “Maple Leaf Foods Inc. today confirmed that it is currently experiencing a system outage linked to a cybersecurity incident.
“Upon learning of the incident, Maple Leaf Foods took immediate action and engaged cybersecurity and recovery experts. Its team of information systems professionals and third-party experts are working diligently with all available resources to investigate the outage and resolve the situation. The Company is executing its business continuity plans as it works to restore the impacted systems; however, it expects that full resolution of the outage will take time and result in some operational and service disruptions. The Company will continue to work with all its customers and suppliers to minimize these disruptions in order to continue delivering the nutritious food people need,” the company said.
Maple Leaf Foods said it will continue to work with customers and partners to minimize the food supply disruption in the Canadian market.
Maple Leaf Foods, which does business in Canada, the U.S. and Asia, produces food products under the Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Prime, Maple Leaf Natural Selections, Schneiders, Schneiders Country Naturals, Mina, Greenfield Natural Meat Co., Lightlife and Field Roast.
Further details on the attack were not immediately available as the company and its third-party consultants are still investigating the incident.