Blue Yonder ransomware attack hits Waterstones warehouse systems
SpilloverSpillover from the Blue Yonder incident · View original incident →Waterstones' warehouse systems were affected by a ransomware attack on Blue Yonder. The impact was reported on 16 December 2024, and the specific scale of the damage and the response have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Waterstones Booksellers Limited
- Original incident
- Blue Yonder ransomware attack disrupts retailers' logistics and workforce management
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Warehouse system operations affected
- Cause / method
- Ransomware attack on Blue Yonder
- Location
- United Kingdom
Timeline
- It was reported that Waterstones' warehouse systems had been affected by the Blue Yonder ransomware attack.
Original incident
This is spillover from the Blue Yonder incident.
Blue Yonder ransomware attack disrupts retailers' logistics and workforce management
Impact: Operational disruption including Starbucks workforce management and UK retailers' logistics and warehouse systems
Blue Yonder discovered a ransomware attack on 21 November 2024, causing cascading disruption to customer operations. Retailers' operations were affected, including employee hours and rota management at Starbucks and fresh food warehouse management at Morrisons. When the ransomware group Termite claimed the attack and the theft of 680GB of data, Blue Yonder investigated the claims.
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