Astral Meals’ poultry division has suffered a extreme cyberattack that may value the group R20-million in revenue in its newest reporting interval.
JSE-listed Astral Meals made the disclosure in a voluntary buying and selling replace and buying and selling assertion, printed on Monday and distributed to traders.
The “cybersecurity incident” – which bears the hallmarks of a ransomware assault – occurred on 16 March 2025.
“The group acted swiftly, implementing all catastrophe restoration protocols and preparedness plans. Nonetheless, our poultry division was negatively impacted by downtime in processing and deliveries to prospects,” the group stated.
“This resulted in a lack of income, and along with prices to catch up a backlog in manufacturing, have impacted the group’s earnings on this reporting interval by roughly R20-million.”
It stated that each one enterprise items are actually functioning usually after the profitable restoration of the group’s IT techniques. It didn’t disclose within the buying and selling replace what the precise nature was of the cyberattack, nor whether or not any ransom was paid for the attackers.
No buyer knowledge
“Astral can affirm that no confidential data or delicate knowledge of shoppers, suppliers or particular person stakeholders was compromised because of the cyber intrusion. We want to sincerely thank our prospects, workers and repair suppliers for his or her unwavering help.”
Ransomware assaults have change into outstanding in South Africa as attackers, usually primarily based offshore, more and more probe company IT techniques for vulnerabilities.
Learn: Africa has change into a prime goal of cyberattackers
As soon as they’ve entry to a system, ransomware attackers sometimes search to exfiltrate or encrypt firm knowledge, usually with the intention of demanding a ransom fee for the decryption keys. — © 2025 NewsCentral Media
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