Japanese brewing giant Asahi hit by cyber-attackAsahi is one of the world's largest brewersAsahi is the biggest brewer in Japan, but also owns global beer brands including Peroni, Pilsner Urquell and Grolsch. But the company said that its order and shipment operations in Japan and customer service operations had been suspended. Asahi said there had been no "confirmed leakage of personal information of customer data" and its European operations, including the UK, were not affected. Japanese brewing giant Asahi has been hit by a cyber-attack that has caused a "systems failure" affecting the company's shipping and customer service operations. In a report last year, Asahi listed a cyber-attack as among the main risks it faced in the medium to short term.