Major US grocery distributor warns of disruption after cyberattack

United Natural Foods (UNFI), a major distributor of the grocery of the whole meal and other retailers, said on Monday that it was damaged by a cybertack, warning the customer orders for completing and distributing skills.

Infi said Filing a Monday With the US Securities and Exchange Commission that it has become aware of unauthorized access to the IT system last Thursday and has begun to close some parts of its network. The filing has been added that the company has implemented “effectiveness for certain operations” to continue the service where its customers are possible, but mentioned that the intrusion has created an ongoing obstacle to its business activities.

Providence, Rhode Island-based company, one of the largest grocery distributors in North America, sells fresh products, products and food products at more than 30,000 stores and supermarket locations across the United States and Canada.

Acts as EFO “Primary distributor” in the whole mealAmazon owned grocery chain. Last year, the two companies had extended their long-standing agreements until May 2032.

Arriving at TechCrunch, UNFI spokesman Kristen Gymnase will not describe the nature of cybertack or not to say whether the intruder demanded ransom from the company.

“We are evaluating the unauthorized activity and working to restore our systems to safely return them online,” Gymnase added that the incident was reported to the law enforcement.

A spokeswoman for the whole meal did not immediately return any request for the comment on Monday.

The event in UNFI is the latest in a string of a cybertack that affects the chain of greater retail and grocery supplies in recent months. Following the data violation of the UK retail giants Marx and Spencer And Co-upGoogle warned that hackers were Also target US retailersAlthough it did not name the affected companies.

When asked, UNFI did not say when its systems were expected to recover.

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