Software company providing services to US and UK grocery stores says it was hit by ransomware attack

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CNN Business

Published 3:41 PM EST, Sun November 24, 2024


CNN — A major software supply-chain company, which counts US and UK grocery stores and Fortune 500 firms as clients, said it was hit by a ransomware attack this weekend. The hackers hit Blue Yonder — an Arizona-based software firm acquired by Panasonic in 2021 — affecting a private cloud computing service the company provides some customers, but not the company’s public cloud environment.

A Blue Yonder spokesperson did not answer questions about which clients were affected, including those in the United States. But messages Blue Yonder sent to customers CNN reviewed show the company is scrambling to work with US-based clients to mitigate any impacts on customers.

“On November 21, 2024, Blue Yonder experienced disruptions to its managed services hosted environment, which was determined to be the result of a ransomware incident,” Blue Yonder said in an initial public statement on Friday. The company said in an updated statement on Saturday it was making “steady progress” in its recovery but still did not have a “timeline for restoration.”

Immediate impact was felt in the United Kingdom, where two of the four biggest grocery chains told CNN they were taking steps to deal with the outage.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/24/business/ransomware-attack-blue-yonder/index.html

[Tadpole Raisin]

1. Stop & Shop and Hannaford were both hit earlier this month but

only S&S was impacted in getting food delivered and on the shelves. Don’t know if they have fixed it. The pictures showed some pretty empty shelves.

Of course they aren’t saying anything about whether customer data or CC and debit card information was breached.

[amerikat]

2. My local Hannaford seemd ok.

Full shelves.
Misplaced my debit card a couple weeks ago. Cancelled it. Got new card with a new number so even if it was compromised I'm safe.

[Silver Gaia]

3. This could be bad....

From the article:

"Some of the biggest US grocery chains use Blue Yonder, including Albertsons — the parent company of chains like Safeway and Jewel-Osco — and Kroger, the parent company of chains like Ralphs and Fred Meyer. Albertsons and Kroger did not immediately respond to CNN’s request for comment."

A reply to the article said they work at Starbuck's and they are affected, too. I hope it's resolved quickly.

[Pas-de-Calais]

4. When the pros get hit,,,,,,,

[orleans]

5. great...