Clorox blamed a recent cyberattack for a drop in sales and said it caused "widescale disruption" of operations.

<div class="block">Clorox blamed a recent cyberattack for a drop in sales and said it caused &quot;widescale disruption&quot; of operations.</div>

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Clorox Blames Sales Drop on Cyberattack

Clorox says a recent cyber attack will hurt its business a lot. Tell us more. That's right, Hannah. So Clorox said a recent cyber security attack is affecting its bottom line. The cleaning products supply company said it expects its net sales to decrease between 23 and 28% year on year in the latest quarter that ended September 30. The company added that the attack caused wide scale disruption of Clorox's operations including order processing delays and significant product outages. Clorox said it expects ongoing but lessening impact from the cyber attack this quarter and is assessing how it will affect the company this fiscal year and beyond.