The UK retail sector has endured another cyber-attack with a supplier to major chains being hit by a ransomware attack.
Logistics firm Peter Green Chilled said it supplies supermarkets including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, and Aldi, but it is relatively small compared with larger UK food distributors. The company said clients were “receiving regular updates” including “workarounds” on how to continue deliveries while one of its customers said thousands of their products could go to waste.
Peter Green Chilled is a firm based near Shepton Mallet in Somerset that transports chilled food, mainly to regional stores. The company confirmed to the BBC the cyber attack happened on Wednesday evening but it said it was not in a position to discuss further.
“The transport activities of the business have continued unaffected throughout this incident,” its managing director Tom Binks said.