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Ransomware Attack on Supply Chain Provider Causes Disruption
- By Elite CIO
Nov 28, 2024
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Ransomware Attack on Supply Chain Provider Causes Disruption
Major grocery store chains, Starbucks and other large organizations are experiencing disruptions following a ransomware attack against A ransomware attack on an Arizona-based supply chain management software provider.
The affected service provider, Blue Yonder, first warned customers about the attack on Friday, reporting that the prior day it began experiencing "disruptions to its managed services-hosted environment, which was determined to be the result of a ransomware incident."
Blue Yonder is an independently operated software supplier and consultancy based in Scottsdale, Arizona, that provides supply chain management products and services to businesses. The company's offerings include inventory management and distribution systems, as well as generative artificial intelligence tools designed to streamline existing supply chains.
Blue Yonder hasn't detailed which of its customers are affected by the outage, and the company didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. The company's website says its customers also include BJ's Wholesale Club, Crate & Barrel, PepsiCo's Latin America business, Unilever Brazil, Kmart Australia and the U.S. Agency for International Development, aka USAID. Other customers include the two largest supermarket operators in the U.S.: Kroger, which runs brands such as Ralphs, Dillons, Smith's and Fred Meyer; and Albertsons, which also operates stores under the name of other brands, including Safeway, Jewel-Osco and Shaw's.