A Ransomware Attack Just Halted Coca-Cola’s Fairlife Production and Knocked the Stock Down 4%. Should Dividend Investors Care?
Coca-Cola (KO +0.63%) disclosed Thursday that a ransomware attack forced it to temporarily suspend U.S. production at Fairlife, its fast-growing dairy business, and the stock fell about 4% on Friday. For dividend investors, this looks like an operational headache — not a threat to the payout. Here’s what happened. Fairlife identified unauthorized third-party access to…