In a BBC World Business Report podcast episode, journalist and host Sam Fenwick takes a look at the soaring cost of cybercrime, as attacks sweep across industries and threaten global business stability, spotlighting Japan’s Asahi Breweries, one of the latest victims.
Cybersecurity Ventures predicted cybercrime could cost as much as $10.5 trillion annually by 2025. Some forecasts put that figure even higher.
Personal data may have been stolen in the ransomware attack that forced Asahi to halt beer production, the company has said. Japan’s biggest brewer was forced to pause operations at most of its 30 factories in the country after a cyberattack late last month disrupted everything from beer shipments to its accounting system.
All of Asahi’s facilities have now partially reopened and restarted production but computer systems remain down, meaning orders are being processed using pen, paper and fax machines.
