Ahold Delhaize confirms malicious actions behind grocery outages
Original title: Ahold Delhaize confirms 'malicious actions' behind cyber outages affecting grocery brands
US online shopping at Food Lion and Stop & Shop is still down; Dutch brand sites are back, with Albert Heijn deliveries expected Friday.
Ahold Delhaize said Monday that malicious actors caused the suspicious IT activity it detected last week, forcing systems offline across most of its US and European grocery brands. Stores stayed open, but online services were disrupted in the United States, the Netherlands and Belgium. The company said it has no evidence that sensitive customer, employee or partner data was stolen, filed a Dutch police report, and is restoring services in phases. It did not describe the attack or say whether a ransom was involved.
Unconfirmed: The company has not confirmed data theft or a ransom demand, and the investigation is ongoing.
- Dutch cybersecurity authorities were notified within 24 hours of detection.
- Websites and apps for Albert Heijn, Etos and Gall & Gall are back online.
- E-commerce has been restored in Belgium and Central and Southeastern Europe.
- A 2024 attack exposed information belonging to more than 2.2 million people.
Impact: Online grocery services disrupted; no confirmed data theft
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- NetherlandsUnited StatesBelgium
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2 min read at therecord.mediaAhold Delhaize, the Dutch multinational grocery retailer, said Monday that a cyberattack forced it to take systems offline across most of its U. S. and European brands, impacting shoppers on both sides of the Atlantic.
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