Ahold Delhaize Restarts Some Systems After Cyberattack Hit 5 US Grocery Chains
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 16
Ahold Delhaize Restarts Some Systems After Cyberattack Hit 5 US Grocery Chains
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 16
Summary
Five Ahold Delhaize-owned U.S. chains — including Stop & Shop, Food Lion and Hannaford — suffered at least three days of website and app outages that disrupted online orders, digital coupons and some loyalty features.
Oct. 13 updates said the company had begun a controlled relaunch of certain systems after taking parts of its network offline on Oct. 12 to contain the cybersecurity incident.
Physical stores and pharmacies remained open, while some chains steered customers to Instacart, DoorDash and Uber Eats; unfilled online orders were slated for refunds.
Ahold Delhaize said investigators had found no evidence so far that customer, employee or partner data was taken, but it has not identified the cause, confirmed ransomware or given a full restoration timeline.
The outage revives scrutiny after a 2024 breach at Ahold Delhaize exposed personal data tied to about 2.24 million people, mostly current or former employees and their families.