Sticky business: Ransomware hits U.S. candymaker ahead of Halloween

A major U.S. candy company is struggling to fill orders before Halloween after ransomware hackers encrypted its systems.

Ferrara, the Chicago-based manufacturer of candies like SweeTarts, Laffy Taffy, Nerds, Red Hots, Lemonhead candies, Boston Baked Beans, Atomic Fireballs, Pixy Stix and Everlasting Gobstoppers, has been able to resume production only “in select manufacturing facilities,” a spokesperson said in an emailed statement Wednesday.

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