Cyber strike on supply chain: hackers attack supplier for Tesco, Sainsbury’s, and Aldi

20 May 2025 , 10:00

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Cyber strike on supply chain: hackers attack supplier for Tesco, Sainsbury’s, and Aldi

A distributor to some of the biggest supermarkets in the UK was held to ransom by cyber hackers.

Peter Green Chilled which supplies Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Aldi has hit by the incident last week.

The cyber attack happened on Wednesday evening, and in an email sent last Thursday, seen by the BBC, the logistics firm confirmed the news.

No orders would be processed on Thursday, although any order prepared on Wednesday would be sent, it said.

Managing director Tom Binks said: ‘The transport activities of the business have continued unaffected throughout this incident.’

It comes after other major supermarkets like M&S and Co-op were hit by major cyber attacks.

M&S was also recently hit by a cyber attack which caused millions of pounds lost for the company (Picture: Shutterstock)

M&S hackers managed to gain access through a third party who had access to the systems.

The cyber attack happened in April and caused millions of pounds of lost sales for M&S, with online orders paused for more than three weeks.

Grace Cooper