Queensland sugar miller aims to reopen next week following cyber attack

Queensland sugar miller aims to reopen next week following cyber attack

Mackay Sugar tells growers it is aiming to restart cane processing early next week, after a cyber attack forced it to stop on Wednesday.

Cyberattack disrupts Mackay Sugar operations, exposing growing agri-industrial cyber risks

A cyberattack has disrupted operations at Mackay Sugar, Australia’s second-largest raw sugar producer, forcing the shutdown of its Farleigh and Racecourse mills in Queensland and bringing harvesting operations to a standstill. The incident, which occurred just days into the 2026 crushing season, halted sugar milling, cane haulage, and harvesting activities across one of the country’s most significant cane-growing regions, with growers instructed…