Shoppers looking to pick up grocery items at Stop & Shop supermarkets were recently met with bare shelves after the popular grocery chain announced that a “cybersecurity issue” impacted its trucking shipments.
Stop & Shop’s parent company, Ahold Delhaize, said in a statement on its website, “Delhaize USA recently detected a cybersecurity issue within its U.S. network. Immediately upon detecting the issue, our security teams began an investigation with the assistance of external cybersecurity experts. We also notified law enforcement.”
The grocery chain announced that some of their online pick-up and delivery services were canceled this week. Stop & Shop pharmacies were also impacted, according to the company.
“Our teams are taking steps to assess and mitigate the issue. This includes taking some systems offline to help protect them. This issue and subsequent mitigating actions have affected certain Ahold Delhaize USA brands and services including a number of pharmacies and certain e-commerce operations,” the company said in a statement.
Stop & Shop is Connecticut’s largest grocery chain. After five locations closed last month, there are 81 stores in the state and 350 total throughout New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
“Customers may see more limited inventory than usual for certain products. Stop & Shop is committed to serving our customers, and we are taking steps to ensure our stores are stocked for our shoppers in the coming days,” the company said in a statement. “We will continue to take actions to further protect our systems. The security of our customers, associates and partners is a top priority. We apologize for any inconvenience this issue may have caused customers and partners.”
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