"At present, we are at a complete standstill. Today we produce nothing and distribute nothing either.
It was on Good Friday that the brewery made the discovery. Several of the company's systems did not work. The IT department then conducted a survey.
"Then we discovered that it was a randsomware attack on our IT systems," says Henrik Dunge and continues:
"You block the computer because you want money.
All production stopped
During the Easter weekend, the company has been working internally on how to resolve the situation. As far as he knows, CEO Henrik Dunge has not received any demands.
"We have been working to clean up everything that should not be in our computers. We also replace some hardware, which breaks if you encrypt them.
Those affected are the brewery's customers, i.e. restaurants and restaurateurs.
"What can you say, it's so pointless," says Henrik Dunge.
The infringement has been reported to the police and the Swedish Data Protection Authority.