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Cyberattack on Tempur Sealy halts mattress production for approximately one week

After identifying a cyber event on July 23, Tempur Sealy proactively shut down IT systems to contain it. SEC disclosures state that the shutdown caused roughly a week of lost production, while management reported delayed e-commerce shipments and an order backlog. The company estimated a potential approximately 2% reduction in third-quarter net sales; the attack mechanism and perpetrator were not conclusively disclosed.

83

Estimated severity

83 / 100

96

Source reliability

96 / 100

Approximate Date

2023-07-23

Targeted Company

TEMPUR SEALY

Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact

  1. Distribution & Fulfillment

  2. Procurement & Sourcing

  3. Production & Manufacturing

  4. Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)

  5. Warehousing

  6. Service Delivery

  7. Unrecognized Impact

Supply Chain Relations

No information

Geographic Impact

Country Targeted Company

United States

USA

Other Affected Countries

No other affected countries reported

Target country

United States

Affected countries

United States

Impacted regions

No information

Operational Impact

Duration

7 days

Financial impact (USD M)

No information

Impact types

Backlog or order accumulationOrder fulfillment or delivery disruptionProduction interruption

Affected sectors

ManufacturingRetail

Affected departments

Distribution & FulfillmentInformation TechnologyProduction & Manufacturing

Attack Profile

Attack types

No information

Attributed threat actors

No information

Sources

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