Some 11,000 Starbucks stores in North America have been hit by a ransomware attack on one of its largest IT providers.Two UK supermarket chains have also been affected by the security breach, and car-maker Ford says it is trying to determine whether its own operations have been affected … The reports that the attack was carried out against Blue Yonder, a major IT services company with a blue-chip client base.Coffee addicts will be relieved to know that the attack has not disrupted sales at the stores, as only backend processes have been hit.
British supermarkets Sainsbury’s and Morrisons have also been hit.Ford said that it too is a Blue Yonder client, but isn’t yet sure whether its own operations have been affected. You’re reading 9to5Mac — experts who break news about Apple and its surrounding ecosystem, day after day.
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