The main American grocery distributor warns of turmoil after the electronic attack

UNIRAL FOODS (Infi), the main distributor of groceries to Whole Foods and other retailers, said on Monday that he had an electronic attack, a warning against the disturbances of their ability to meet and distribute customer orders.

UNFI said in Submit the two With the American Securities and Stock Exchange Committee, she became aware of unauthorized access to its information technology systems last Thursday, and began to close parts of its network. The deposit file added that the company “carried out solutions for certain operations in order to continue serving its customers wherever possible,” but noted that infiltration caused continuous disturbances in its commercial operations.

Providens, Rod Island, is its headquarters, one of the largest grocery distributors in North America, where it sells fresh products, goods and food products for more than 30,000 stores and supermarkets throughout the United States and Canada.

UNFI also serves The “basic distributor” for whole foodsBroke grocery chain of Amazon. Last year, the two companies extended their long -term contract until May 2032.

When Teccrunch, UNFI spokeswoman Christine Jiminies will not describe the nature of the electronic attack or say whether the infiltrator has demanded a ransom from the company.

“We are evaluating the unauthorized activity and working to restore our systems to return it safely via the Internet,” said Gamenies, adding that the accident was reported by the law.

While Foods spokesman immediately did not respond to a request on Monday.

The UNFI accident is the latest in a series of electronic attacks that affect the hide and groceries supply chain in recent months. After data violations in the UK retail giants Marx and Spencer and CooperativeGoogle warned that the infiltrators were The American retailers are also targetedAlthough they were not called affected companies.

When asked, Unfi did not say when you expect to restore its systems.

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