The attack hit the brewery on Tuesday night and for a few
hours the plant in El Prat de Llobregat, which produces 7 million hectolitres
of beer a year, was "entirely paralyzed", Olga Vidal, Damm's head of
communications, told Reuters on Friday.
"IT services made possible a partial resumption of
production and we expect to operate at 100 percent in the coming hours,"
she said.
She declined to say whether a ransom was demanded of the
company or if the maker of Estrella Damm lager had paid anything to the hackers
behind the attack.
She wouldn't confirm whether the company had notified the
police and local police declined to comment.
Damm bottles several other beer brands besides its iconic
Estrella Damm and has honored all deliveries to bars, restaurants, and
supermarkets thanks to existing stocks, Vidal said.
Several high-profile cyberattacks in the past year,
including the Colonial Pipeline hack, which caused panic buying of fuel across
the eastern US in May, have jolted governments and companies into reviewing
their security policies.
A European Union report released in October found the
COVID-19 pandemic and rise of home working had created opportunities for
cyber-criminals to flourish and led to a proliferation of so-called hackers for
hire.
Last month, the Autonomous University of Barcelona was hit
by a ransomware attack, while earlier this year hackers knocked out several
services at Spain's employment agency. -Reuters
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