United Natural Foods (UNFI), one of America’s largest wholesale food distributors, experienced significant disruption to its operations due to unauthorized activity on its IT systems. The incident, which was detected on June 5, forced the company to take certain systems offline, impacting its ability to fulfill and distribute customer orders. This disruption is expected to continue, causing temporary interruptions to business operations. UNFI has notified law enforcement and is working with third-party security experts to mitigate and remediate the incident. The company has deployed workarounds to minimize disruption for customers and is working to bring systems back online.
Source: https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/wholesale-food-giant-unfi-admits/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/unfi
"id": "unf143061025",
"linkid": "unfi",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "6/2025",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization’s existence"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Over 30,000 locations',
'industry': 'Food Distribution',
'location': 'North America',
'name': 'United Natural Foods (UNFI)',
'size': 'Large',
'type': 'Wholesale Food Distributor'}],
'date_detected': '2023-06-05',
'description': 'United Natural Foods (UNFI), one of America’s largest '
'wholesale food distributors, detected unauthorized activity '
'on some IT systems, leading to disruptions in their '
'operations.',
'impact': {'downtime': 'Temporary disruptions',
'operational_impact': 'Disruption to fulfillment and distribution '
'of customer orders',
'systems_affected': 'IT systems'},
'investigation_status': 'Ongoing',
'recommendations': 'Focus on cyber-resilience to minimize operational impact.',
'references': [{'source': 'SEC Form 8-K Filing'}],
'response': {'containment_measures': 'Taking certain systems offline',
'incident_response_plan_activated': 'Yes',
'law_enforcement_notified': 'Yes',
'recovery_measures': 'Bringing systems back online',
'remediation_measures': 'Workarounds for certain operations',
'third_party_assistance': 'Yes'},
'title': 'UNFI Cyber Incident',
'type': 'Unauthorized Activity'}