RansomHouse Extortion Disrupts Japan's Largest Frozen Food Logistics Network

RansomHouse extortion group disrupted Japan's largest frozen food logistics company Nichirei on 13 July 2026, affecting 140 distribution centres and causing cascading supply chain failures across food manufacturers, supermarkets, and 1,300+ KFC Japan restaurants. The group claimed responsibility on 22 July, threatening to leak stolen data unless contacted, whilst Nichirei confirmed personal data was on affected servers but provided no technical details on the breach scope or recovery timeline.

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