Stop & Shop Hit With Cyberattack, Says Parent Company

The parent company of Stop & Shop and Hannaford grocery stores has issued a statement saying they were recently impacted by a "cybersecurity issue within its U.S. network."

The company Ahold, a Dutch conglomerate, said in a statement:

Ahold Delhaize USA recently detected a cybersecurity issue within its U.S. network. Immediately upon detecting the issue, our security teams began an investigation with the assistance of external cybersecurity experts. We also notified law enforcement.

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Our teams are taking steps to assess and mitigate the issue. This includes taking some systems offline to help protect them. This issue and subsequent mitigating actions have affected certain Ahold Delhaize USA brands and services including a number of pharmacies and certain e-commerce operations.

Each of Ahold Delhaize USA’s brands' stores are open and serving customers. We will continue to take actions to further protect our systems. The security of our customers, associates and partners is a top priority. We apologize for any inconvenience this issue may have caused customers and partners.

 

Stop & Shop has over 200 locations in New England, including 117 in Massachusetts, 83 in Connecticut and 25 in Rhode Island. Hannaford has 36 locations in New Hampshire and another 68 in Maine.

This story was first published 11/11/24 3:49 PM

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