Cyber attacks on companies in the FMCG industry in 2021

3 January 2022

Our timeline shows known attacks on companies in the FMCG industry in 2021

FMCG stands for "Fast Moving Consumer Goods". These are everyday goods that are purchased frequently, for example food and cleaning products. Our timeline includes companies along the entire value chain, i.e. agricultural companies, food producers, wholesalers and retailers.

Not all companies have named the exact nature of the attack. In most cases, however, it is likely to have been ransomware, in which criminals penetrate the corporate network, extract the data and then encrypt it on the corporate computers, after which they demand money from the companies to decrypt the data. If the money is not paid, the criminals publish the data on the Internet or auction it off.

The following attacks had a high attention value:

The timeline shows hacker attacks that have become public knowledge. The number of unreported cases is likely to be low for large companies with contact to end customers. It is likely to be higher for companies at the beginning and in the middle of the value chain, for small companies, and for companies in countries with less common languages or less reporting.

KonBriefing.com is an independent researcher and analyst in the field of IT security, information security, risk management and compliance. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Germany.