METRO AG

International wholesale giant METRO suffered an infrastructure outages and store payment issues after it was targeted in a cyberattack.

IT outages affected stores in Austria, Germany, and France since at least October 17.

METRO's IT team immediately started a thorough investigation together with external experts to identify the cause of the interruption of services.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/wholesale-giant-metro-hit-by-it-outage-after-cyberattack/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/metro-ag

"id": "met1849291022",
"linkid": "metro-ag",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "10/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "6",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the economy of a geographical region"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Retail',
                        'location': ['Austria', 'Germany', 'France'],
                        'name': 'METRO',
                        'type': 'Wholesale Company'}],
 'date_detected': '2023-10-17',
 'description': 'International wholesale giant METRO suffered an '
                'infrastructure outages and store payment issues after it was '
                'targeted in a cyberattack.',
 'impact': {'downtime': 'Affected stores in Austria, Germany, and France since '
                        'at least October 17',
            'operational_impact': 'Store payment issues',
            'systems_affected': ['Infrastructure', 'Payment Systems']},
 'investigation_status': "Ongoing investigation by METRO's IT team and "
                         'external experts',
 'response': {'third_party_assistance': 'External experts'},
 'title': 'Cyberattack on METRO Causes Infrastructure Outages and Payment '
          'Issues',
 'type': 'Cyberattack'}