November 8, 2022

Maple Leaf Foods struck by cybersecurity incident

Canada's Maple Leaf Foods Inc. confirmed on November 6 that it is currently experiencing a system outage linked to a cybersecurity incident.

Upon learning of the incident, Maple Leaf Foods took immediate action and engaged cybersecurity and recovery experts.  Its team of information systems professionals and third-party experts are working with all available resources to investigate the outage and resolve the situation, the company said.  

Maple Leaf is also executing its business continuity plans as it works to restore the impacted systems. However, it expects that full resolution of the outage will take time and result in some operational and service disruptions, the company added. 

Maple Leaf will continue to work with all its customers and suppliers to minimise  disruptions in order to continue delivering food, the company said. 

- Maple Leaf Foods