LONDON — Within days of a cyberattack, warehouses of the snack foods company Mondelez International filled with a backlog of Oreo cookies and Ritz crackers. Mondelez, owner of dozens of well-known food brands like Cadbury chocolate and Philadelphia cream cheese, was one of the hundreds of companies struck by the so-called NotPetya cyberstrike in 2017. Laptops froze suddenly as Mondelez employees worked at their desks. Even with teams working around the clock, it was weeks before Mondelez recovered. After the ordeal, executives at the company took some solace in knowing that insurance would help cover the costs.

Source: International New York Times April 15, 2019 09:56 UTC