Black Basta ransomware gang believed to be responsible for a cyber attack against Sobeys

On Monday 7th of November 2022, Empire, the parent company of the Canadian food retail giant Sobeys revealed that Sobeys experienced a cyber attack which has impacted Sobeys’s IT systems. Sobeys has stated that it is working on resolving the issues affecting its IT systems to reduce store disruption.

 “The Company’s grocery stores remain open to serve customers and are not experiencing significant disruptions at this time. However, some in-store services are functioning intermittently or with a delay.” – Empire.

Although based on statements from employees, all computers were locked out in affected Sobeys stores, with point-of-sale (POS) and payment processing systems still online and working since they are set up to work on a separate network. It is believed that the Black Basta Ransomware gang are responsible for the cyber attack.