Whole Foods Supplier Hack Leaves Empty Shelves, Stalls Forklifts
A worker stocks shelves in a Whole Foods Market location in New York.
Photographer: Yuki Iwamura/BloombergUnited Natural Foods Inc., a grocery distributor for Amazon Inc.’s Whole Foods Market, is working to bring systems back online by June 15 and resume product deliveries after a cyberattack disrupted its operations, leaving some store shelves barren of ice cream, bread and other goods.
The Providence, Rhode Island-based chain shut down IT systems and limited shipping orders after determining on June 5 that intruders had penetrated its network, Chief Executive Officer Sandy Douglas said in an earnings call Tuesday. United Natural Foods, or UNFI, is working with customers to find short-term solutions “wherever possible” while it works to bring systems back online, Douglas said.