Asahi Group / 朝日集团

Asahi Group is the central company case in 当黑客攻破了日本的国民啤酒，除了鞠躬道歉，他们还能做什么？feat.Top of Japan. The episode describes a ransomware incident that disrupted Japanese domestic order handling, shipping, customer service, and factory operations, making the absence of Super Dry on supermarket shelves a visible sign of backend business-system failure.

The source treats Asahi less as an isolated victim than as a business-continuity case. Once order, inventory, logistics, and ERP systems are unavailable, production capacity alone cannot keep supply moving. The hosts infer that Asahi’s refusal to pay ransom likely depended on some recoverable backup position, even if the recovery was slow or operationally painful.

Connections

• Super Dry — flagship product whose shortage made the incident visible.
• Qilin Ransomware Group — ransomware group described as claiming the attack and publishing screenshots.
• Ransomware Business Continuity — operational-risk concept centered on the Asahi case.
• Offline Backup Recovery Drills — recovery discipline the episode treats as the real basis for refusing ransom.
• SAP — ERP reference point for why order and inventory systems become high-value attack targets.
• Keji Luandun and Top of Japan — source contexts for the discussion.