Clorox warns cyberattack and product shortages will drag sales downward
Clorox, which makes bleach, Glad trash bags and Burt's Bees skin products, is still picking up the pieces after a devastating cyberattack two months ago.
If you've noticed an empty store shelf where Clorox bleach, Glad trash bags or Burt's Bees skin products should be, you're not alone.
Clorox, the consumer products giant that makes those and many other items, is still picking up the pieces after a devastating cyberattack two months ago. The company said in late September that for weeks, it had been unable to automatically process orders for its vendors, including large retail stores like Walmart and Target.
That slowed down sales and caused outages and shortages.
Allan Liska, a cybersecurity researcher at Recorded Future, speculated about the damage caused to Clorox's manufacturing operation after the cyberattack: "When [Clorox] couldn't take in the orders, even though the lines themselves could run, [Clorox] couldn't tell them what to produce or where to send it."
Liska isn't working on the Clorox case, but said he is familiar with it.
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