Cyberattack causes food shortages in Morrisons
27th November 2024
Morrisons’ customers have been surprised with empty shelves in the store’s fruit, vegetable and meat sections this week due to a hackers attack.
Morrisons shoppers have been complaining on social media that their local shops lack fresh produce.
According to The Mirror, the shortages came after hackers hit a software system the retailer uses to manage its supply chain.
Morrisons confirmed the attack on the third-party company Blue Yonder, which impacted warehouse supply chains and caused shortages of fresh fruit, vegetables and meat in its stores, the media outlet has reported.
A company’s spokesperson said: “Last week Blue Yonder suffered an outage, which has impacted our warehouse management systems for fresh and produce.
“Ambient and frozen are unaffected. We are currently operating on our backup systems and we’re working very hard to deliver for our customers across the country.”
Other retailers, such as Sainsbury’s and Starbucks, are set to also be affected by the attack.
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