US supermarkets hit by cybersecurity outage at food giant


  • Ahold Delhaize confirms that it has been hit by a cyber attack
  • Several stores in the US were hit by the attack
  • Other details are not yet known

Multinational retailer Ahold Delhaize has confirmed that it recently suffered a cyber attack that forced it to shut down parts of its IT infrastructure. As a result, some supermarkets and pharmacies, especially those in the United States, were unable to properly serve their customers.

In a press release, the company said it recently discovered a cybersecurity issue within its U.S. network, brought in outside experts to help, notified law enforcement and took its network offline.