Technology Disruption Fairlife Operations

fairlife.com • July 18, 2026

ATLANTA, July 16, 2026 – The Coca‑Cola Company today announced that fairlife, LLC, a dairy company owned by Coca‑Cola, identified unauthorized access by a third party to a portion of its systems, including its production-related systems, in connection with a ransomware event.

After detecting the issue, the company promptly activated its incident response and business continuity protocols. The company’s investigation and assessment of the impact of the incident is ongoing, with the assistance of outside advisors and cybersecurity experts. The company has also notified law enforcement. The full scope, nature and impacts of the incident are not yet known.

Product quality and safety have not been impacted. However, as a result of the incident, production operations at fairlife in the United States are temporarily suspended. fairlife’s Canada production operations are not currently impacted.

The company is working diligently to complete the investigation and restore the systems and impacted operations.

The Coca‑Cola Company

Investors and Analysts : Todd Beiger, [email protected]

Media : Scott Leith, [email protected]

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Coca-Cola's Fairlife Dairy Production Halted by Ransomware Attack On July 16, 2026, Coca-Cola disclosed a ransomware attack affecting its Fairlife dairy subsidiary, leading to the suspension of all U.S. production operations. The attack involved unauthorized access to Fairlife's systems, including production-related infrastructure. As a result, production was halted as a precautionary measure, although Canadian operations remained unaffected. The company activated its incident response protocols and is working with external cybersecurity experts to assess the situation. The full scope and impact of the attack are still under investigation, and Coca-Cola has not confirmed whether any data was exfiltrated or if a ransom demand was made. Product quality and safety have not been compromised according to the company's statements. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack as of the latest updates. 117 sources 61

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