Portugal's largest retailer's websites, some services hit by hackers
30/03/2022 12:28
LISBON, March 30 (Reuters) - A cyber attack brought down the
websites of Portugal's largest food retailer Modelo Continente
and affected some services in its stores on Wednesday, said the
company, which is owned by the Sonae group YSO.LS , without
providing further detail.
Its main website for online shopping was down, displaying
the message "Under maintenance. Please try again later".
In a statement, Modelo Continente, which runs a stable of
around 300 hypermarkets and large supermarkets in Portugal, said
that the hacker attack on its systems was "affecting some
communications on commercial sites and some in-store services."
It said that its teams were investigating the disturbance
created and working to restore, "as soon as possible, the normal
functioning of its activity.
Local media said payments at stores were largely unaffected,
but clients reported problems getting their shopping bills and
using the Continente loyalty cards.
Sonae shares were little changed at 1.013 euros on the
Euronext Lisbon stock exchange.
Since the beginning of this year, two other large Portuguese
companies, the media and television conglomerate Impresa
IMPA.LS and telecom Vodafone Portugal VOD.L , have also
suffered attacks by hackers. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2TJ1J2 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2UJ2DT
(Reporting by Sergio Goncalves, editing by Andrei Khalip and
Jason Neely)
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