Stop & Shop, Food Lion, and other grocery storesare experiencing website and app outages due to a <a href="https://bitcomme.com/stop-and-shop-offers-a-10-percent-discount-this-weekend-following-cybersecurity-incident/" title="Stop and Shop offers a 10 percent discount this weekend following cybersecurity incident“>cybersecurity incident.
Fox Business reports that Ahold Delhaize USA — the chains’ parent company — announced that it was hit by a cyberattack within its network earlier this week.
An Ahold press release explainsthat these systems were taken offline as a precautionary measure. They appearto remain offlineas of the publishing of this report.
“We recognize that these actions have caused disruptions for customers, associates and partners, but protecting our infrastructure in the best interest of our customers, associates and partners is a top priority,” the release reads. “Our teams are working with urgency to investigate the incident and restore affected systems safely.
“As they make progress in assessing and mitigating the issues, we are in the process of starting a controlled re-launch of certain systems. As part of our response, we are working with relevant internal teams and external cybersecurity teams.”
According to Reuters, companies in the United States have experienced a rise in cyber attacks. These victims include those in the food sectorsuch as Fairlife, who experienced a cyber attack over the summer that resulted in a pause to product production.
Reuters notesthat it’s been five days since Ahold’s shutdown began. Further information regarding the attack is not yet available, as the investigation remains ongoing.
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