Wholesaler United National Foods (UNFI) announced that it underwent “unauthorized activity” in its IT systems and is actively working on resuming its operations following the cyberattack.
According to an official filing, there was a disruption within the IT systems, and third-party experts are being engaged to resolve the issue.
Further details on which services have been affected by the security breach have not been disclosed.
UNFI said in a statement: “As soon as we discovered the activity, an investigation was initiated with the help of leading forensics experts, and we have notified law enforcement. We are assessing the unauthorized activity and working to restore our systems to safely bring them back online.”
Meanwhile, the wholesaler is operating at a limited capacity until the issue is resolved.
Sandy Douglas, CEO of UNFI, added on an earnings call: “We use multiple different external benchmarks to assess ourselves and really hold nothing back in this area.
“Having said that, we just got penetrated, so we will be continuing to look at every aspect of our defense, every aspect of how our tools are working, and what may be necessary to bolster it going forward, because it’s clearly an area that requires a tremendous amount of focus from companies today.”
It joins the number of retailers dealing with online cyberattacks. The news comes on the heels of a cyberattack on Victoria’s Secret, which led to the website shutting down temporarily and services being halted.
Footwear giant Adidas also confirmed that there had been a customer data breach and is working on investigating the situation.
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