Hackers are holding KP Snacks to ransom as they threaten to post private files stolen from the firm online.
Cyber crooks said on Tuesday the company had five days to pay up or it would post details it holds on employees on the internet.
They shared examples of credit card statements, birth certificates, home addresses and phone numbers they had nicked.
KP Snacks confirmed it had been hacked by ransomware in January and said it could cause a shortage in the distribution of some of the nation's favourite products.
The firm, which makes Hula Hoops, McCoy's, Skips, Nik Naks and KP Nuts, said it has launched a 'cybersecurity response plan'.





Cyber crooks yesterday said the company had five days to pay up or it would post details it holds on employees on the internet