A crucial logistics provider, supplying major 海角视频 supermarkets such as Tesco and Sainsbury's, has confirmed it is being held to ransom by hackers after a cyber attack this week amidst a recent spate of retail-focused cybercrime in the 海角视频.
Peter Green Chilled, which delivers to Lidl and Aldi among others, said it fell victim to a ransomware attack on Wednesday evening but quickly informed clients and partners about alternative measures to keep deliveries flowing, as reported by .
Though not listed among the 海角视频's top 30 food distributors, the Somerset-based company is an integral part of the chilled food supply chain.
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The company reported that while its transport services are running uninterrupted, it couldn't process any new orders on Thursday and only managed to dispatch orders that had been prepped before the cyber assault took place.
Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, creator of The Black Farmer brand and client of Peter Green Chilled, relayed the impact to the BBC, revealing "Ten pallets worth of meat products" were stuck and deteriorating.
"There's no information. Everything along the chain has to be stopped, and then there are thousands of pounds worth of products that are just wasting away", he lamented.
Meanwhile, managing director Tom Binks conveyed to the BBC that ongoing client communication is a key focus but declined to divulge more details due to the active situation.
The assault is the latest in a series of high-profile cyber attacks hitting 海角视频 food supply chains.
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Both Marks and Spencer and Co-op have recently fallen victim to ransomware groups, with M&S confessing that customer data was nicked and operations disrupted.
Co-op narrowly dodged being completely locked out of their systems.
Ransomware attacks see cyber crooks encrypt a firm's systems and demand cash to give back access.
The food distribution sector is especially at risk, due to its time-critical operations and reliance on logistics infrastructure.
Previous attacks on 海角视频 supermarket chains
This isn't the first rodeo for these supermarket chains.
On 1st October 2018, following a lengthy probe, the FCA slapped Tesco Bank with a £16.4m fine for lax cybersecurity controls that allowed an "avoidable" cyber attack affecting 8,261 out of 131,000 customers with personal current accounts in November 2016.
Tesco also fell foul of hackers in 2014, when it had to freeze online customer accounts after details of more than 2,000, including passwords, were leaked online.
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The chain also weathered an attempted hack in 2021, which left systems down for a weekend although no data was lost.
Meanwhile, Sainsbury's was hit by a cyber attack on payroll system provider Kronos in 2021.
Blue Yonder, a company offering end-to-end supply chain management software, fell victim to a ransomware attack on 21st November 2024.
The assault led to operational disturbances for several of Blue Yonder's worldwide clients, including coffee giant Starbucks and 海角视频 supermarkets Sainsbury's and Morrisons.