South Africa
ZAF
Cyberattack disrupts Astral Foods poultry processing and deliveries
Astral Foods experienced a cybersecurity incident on 16 March 2025 involving unauthorized network access. Its Poultry Division suffered approximately two days of processing and customer-delivery downtime, creating lost revenue and a production backlog. Astral later quantified the profit impact at approximately R20 million, reported by Reuters as about USD 1.1 million.
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Estimated severity
78 / 100
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Source reliability
97 / 100
Approximate Date
16/03/2025
Targeted Company
ASTRAL FOODS
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
No information
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
South Africa
Affected countries
South Africa
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
2 days
Financial impact (USD M)
$1.1M
Impact types
Production interruptionOrder fulfillment or delivery disruptionBacklog or order accumulation
Affected sectors
Food & Beverage
Affected departments
Production & ManufacturingDistribution & Fulfillment
Attack Profile
Attack types
Unauthorized access
Attributed threat actors
No information
Sources
Incident Sources
www2.sharenet.co.zahttps://www2.sharenet.co.za/v3/sens_display.php?seq=34&tdate=20250324091000engineeringnews.co.zahttps://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/astral-cites-strained-poultry-margins-high-input-costs-as-it-reports-lower-interim-profit-2025-05-19tradingview.comhttps://www.tradingview.com/news/reuters.com%2C2025%3Anewsml_TUC3KFFCJ%3A0-astral-foods-says-it-experienced-cybersecurity-incident-on-16-march-2025/therecord.mediahttps://therecord.media/cyberattack-delays-south-african-chicken-producer