Last year, Japan’s National Police Agency tallied 222 confirmed ransomware cases, a 12 percent rise over the prior year. FT estimates Asahi manufactures around 6.7 million large bottles of beer per day, but even those numbers don’t leave much wiggle room for a shutdown. Experts warn it’s likely that bars, retailers, and convenience stores could begin running out of Super Dry by the end of the weekend. The company hopes to gradually resume call center and customer service operations by next week, although there’s still no word on when the beer will start flowing again. If you live elsewhere, you should still be able to pour one out for the Super Dry Shortage of 2025.