Around 500 supermarket stores in Sweden will be closing up shop due to an ongoing cyberattack
Coop Sweden has closed half of its 800 stores after its point-of-sale tills and self-service checkouts stopped working just before the weekend.
The supermarket itself was not targeted by hackers – but joins many organisations affected by an attack on a large software supplier that the company uses.
Cyber researchers say about 200 businesses have been hit by this “colossal” ransomware attack, which had mainly impacted the US.
U.S Cyber-security authorities believe the Russia-linked RE-VIL ransomware gang is responsible.
