Cyber attack on organic food

Melbalee · ‎10-17-2019

Whole foods natural grocers and sprouts.....i did believe it until I went shopping today. I read it online....lots of foods not at the stores.

Puzzle Piece · ‎06-29-2010

How does food get cyber attacked?

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Melbalee · ‎10-17-2019

I guess the suppy chain was attacked from the the stores said. I dont really understand but the middle man was affected

Etoile308 · ‎01-04-2014

Whole Foods was one of several grocery stores affected when their distributor had a cyber attack. Not Whole Foods itself.

Melbalee · ‎10-17-2019

Yes thats what the stores were trying to tell me

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

I heard there were no bananas available but I got a dozen from Walmart today.

The quality of their bananas has been awful for the past year. Usually they're only about 5 inches long and last week I got one that actually was crunchy and no discernable banana flavor.

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MorningLover · ‎10-04-2015

United Natural Foods - North America's biggest wholesale food distributor and the main distributor for Amazon’s Whole Foods - has been hit by a cyber attack.

The company operates 53 distribution centers and delivers to more than 30,000 locations across the US and Canada, including supermarket chains, e-commerce providers, natural product superstores, and independent retailers.

The attack was revealed in a recent SEC filing, where the firm said it had spotted unauthorized activity on some of its IT systems and had taken certain systems offline as a result.

"As soon as we discovered the activity, an investigation was initiated with the help of leading forensics experts and we have notified law enforcement," it said in a statement.

"We are assessing the unauthorized activity and working to restore our systems to safely bring them back online."

The company said it’s working closely with customers, suppliers, and associates to minimize disruption, adding that workarounds for certain operations are in place to continue servicing customers where possible.

Although United Natural Foods hasn't said as much, the incident is likely to be a ransomware attack. Such attacks have been plaguing retail organizations in recent months.