Stop & Shop cyber incident leaves some shelves empty ahead of Thanksgiving
Just one week before Thanksgiving, a cybersecurity problem has kept the shelves of some Stop & Shop and Hannaford grocery stores in the Northeast empty for almost two weeks.
Ahold Delhaize, a Dutch grocery store parent company, announced in a statement on November 8 that it was facing a cybersecurity problem in its U.S. network, causing inventory shortages at hundreds of locations. Christy Phillips-Brown, a spokesman for Ahold Delhaize, stated in a statement that the inquiry is still ongoing.
According to the statement, our teams are working to identify and address the problem. To help protect them, some systems may need to be taken offline. Several Ahold Delhaize USA businesses and services, including several pharmacies and certain e-commerce activities, have been impacted by this pr...