Tesco, Aldi, Lidl, Sainsbury's supplier hit by cyber attack after M&S and Co-op

The supplier of Tesco, Aldi, Lidl and Sainsbury's has reportedly being hit by a cyber attack

The food supplier of Tesco, Aldi, Lidl and Sainsbury's has been hit by a cyber attack just weeks after M&S and Co-op.

Logistics firm Peter Green Chilled said it had been "held to ransom" after hackers who had reportedly infiltrated its systems on Wednesday last week (May 14).

On Thursday the company sounded the alarm on the incident, with an email sent out stating it was unable to carry out orders from May 15, however, it confirmed orders placed before this point would still be processed, the BBC said.

Tom Binks, managing director of Peter Green Chilled, said: "The transport activities of the business have continued unaffected throughout this incident."

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Black Farmer founder Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones said his firm had been affected by the breach, with "10 pallets worth of meat products" at risk, which are supposed to be conveyed to the big supermarkets.

The boss added if the items did not make it to the shops in time they would be "thrown in the bin."

Mr Emmanuel-Jones told the BBC: "There's no information. Everything along the chain has to be stopped, and then there are thousands of pounds worth of product that are just wasting away."

The latest news of a cyber attack follows the updates over the last few weeks of various establishments hit by cyber attacks.

M&S and Co-op are still in recovery from the incident, with the former shop's online operations still not at full capacity, and its latest statement revealing some personal information may have been stolen during the attack..

In its latest statement, the fashion, food and homeware retailer said: "We have written to customers today to let them know that unfortunately some personal customer information has been taken.

"Importantly there is no evidence that the information has been shared and it does not include useable card or payment details, or account passwords, so there is no need for customers to take any action."

Co-op has stated it is now in the "recovery stage," with representatives stating more stock was set to make its way to shelves over the last weekend.

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Reports from customers over the last few weeks saw shelves empty as the supermarket fought to get back to normal following the cyber attack.

The brand said: "We are now in the recovery phase and are taking steps to bring our systems gradually back online in a safe and controlled manner.

• "There will be improved stock availability in our Food stores and online from this weekend and we are working closely with our suppliers to restock our stores.
• "Our stock ordering system is now fully online, and we have switched all our orders back to the normal supply processes and systems.
• "All forms of payments including contactless, and chip and pin are working across our entire store estate.

"We’d like to thank all our colleagues, members, partners and suppliers for their support so far. We will provide further updates to our members as we continue to make progress from this cyber-attack.”