Whole Foods’ primary distributor forced to shut down its systems after a major cyberattack
United Natural Foods, Inc., one America’s largest publicly traded health food wholesalers and the primary food distributor for Whole Foods, has taken some of its systems offline after a massive cyberattack.
“We have identified unauthorized activity in our systems and have proactively taken some systems offline while we investigate,” the company said in a statement to CNN. UNFI has also contacted law enforcement for assistance and it’s “assessing the unauthorized activity” and is working to its restore systems following the cyberattack.
In a regulatory filing Monday, UNFI said it became aware of an incident in its information technology systems on June 5, which is causing “temporary disruptions to the company’s business operations.”
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