Cyber attack on wholesaler METRO
The management of METRO AG is currently confirming a partial failure of its IT infrastructure and thus also an already suspected cyber attack on the wholesaler. There are said to be offline systems for payment processing in the stores, since the cash register systems are also affected by the attack. There have been rumors for days that the immense IT disruptions at the wholesaler METRO were triggered by a cyber attack and are not a normal IT problem. METRO has now confirmed this general assumption with a statement on its website. Accordingly, all core systems are affected, which apparently affects all other systems,...