Whole Foods tells customers about ‘temporary supply challenges’ as the internet attack leaves bare shelves

Whole Foods reportedly led workers to minimize increasingly empty alleys after an internet attack on the main distributor of its damaged distributors and sent strict effects through the retail chain of food.

The Amazon Supermarket Chain posted unclear announcements about the “temporary challenges of supply” after irritated customers were greeted with bare shelves in several places, according to Techcrunch.

In an internal memorandum taken from the exit, Whole Foods told employees that Internet attack on United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) is “its ability to choose and send products from their warehouses”.

“This will affect our normal distribution schedules and product availability,” Memory added.

The majority -based majority in Rhode Island, which supplies more than 30,000 stores including Whole Foods, reported a “online security incident” last week that forced him to take critical systems outside the line, stopping operations and delaying food deliveries and other supermarkets across SH.BA and Canada.

“We are working to restore our shelves as soon as possible and apologize for any inconvenience that may have caused to clients,” the post of which spokesman Nathan Cabala told the post.

The UNFI confirmed in a regulatory appearance that he had discovered “unauthorized activity in our systems” at the end of last week and had part of his offline network in response.

On Wednesday, the company said it had begun to restore the ranking and obtaining its systems in stages.

“We continue to work continuously to secure our systems safely and provide services that our customers and suppliers know and expect from us,” said Unfi Grace Turiano’s spokesman.

Food chains dependent on the massive UNFI distribution network are being forced to improvise. In New York City, Morton Williams has already begun to look for alternative sources for products such as milk, frozen foods and bottled drinks.

“It is’ it is bringing the company to stop without any ordered orders and without orders coming,” Steve Schwartz told Morton Williams Director for posting earlier this week.

Across the country, store employees and buyers are feeling the strain.

A baked oven worker posted to Reddit that they had to cancel some graduation cake orders as the remittances of the main ingredients failed to reach.

Attack on the UNFI is the latest in a series of online incidents aimed at the main consumer enterprises. Last month, Victoria’s Secret was forced to get her offline website and delay the report of its profits after a similar violation.

“What we are seeing with UNFI and, last week, with Victoria’s Secret, reflects a growing trend: Threat actors are aiming for critical infrastructure and high -traffic consumers platforms for maximum interruptions and financial levers,” Techcrunch Adrianus told.

The UNFI has not revealed the identity of the attackers or their demands, if any. CEO Sandy Douglas told investors that the violation was discovered on Friday and that the systems were deliberately closed as a precaution. But employees say the road to healing can be long.

“It’s a mystery so far what will happen and how long will it happen until things are back to normal,” wrote a Reddit user who claims to work for UNFI. “Even when they can start returning to the right track, it will have to be done in stages.”

The UNFI, who reported $ 8.1 billion in quarterly sale for the period ending May 3, saw its shares falling 8.5% after news of violations – a sign of investors concern over the rate and duration of the outage.

Time couldn’t be worse. With the still fragile supply chains after years of strain associated with pandemia, internet attacks has exposed weaknesses to the logistical spine of the food industry.

For many retailers, the UNFI is a critical link between manufacturers and store shelves – and there is no quick substitute.

While the UNFI works to return to the Internet and the hustles of whole foods to recharge, buyers can continue to encounter gaps in inventory.

The post has requested comment from the UNFI.