TORONTO — Following a cyberattack in November, Maple Leaf Foods Inc. said it would not pay a ransom demanded by the hackers who caused outages throughout its supply chain. The company acknowledged the incident allowed the group to gain unauthorized access to some data and they have threatened to release data unless Maple Leaf Foods paid a ransom.

“The illegal acts that compromised our system and potentially put information at risk is intolerable and our company will not pay ransom to criminals,” the company said. “We are asking responsible people — including those in the media — not to entertain any ‘leads’ they get from stolen or compromised data and not to contact anyone based on illegally obtained information.”

Maple Leaf Foods said despite the attack, all plants continued operating throughout November.

“Working with our world class experts, we have been able to quickly and safely restore our systems,” the company said. “We continue to coordinate with our customers, suppliers and other partners, and appreciate their ongoing cooperation and support as our operations return to normal.”

The meat processing company said it invested significant resources into security systems and took the confidentiality of information in its possession seriously.

“We are being vigilant in our response, taking purposeful action to do what we believe is right to minimize any disruption,” Maple Leaf said.

The company also said it would provide employees with two years of credit monitoring services.