LISBON (Reuters) – A cyber assault introduced down the web sites of Portugal’s largest meals retailer Modelo Continente and affected some services in its shops on Wednesday, stated the corporate, which is owned by the Sonae group, with out offering additional element.
Its major web site for on-line purchasing was down, displaying the message “Under upkeep. Please strive once more later”.
In an announcement, Modelo Continente, which runs a steady of round 300 hypermarkets and huge supermarkets in Portugal, stated that the hacker assault on its methods was “affecting some communications on industrial websites and some in-store services.”
It stated that its groups had been investigating the disturbance created and dealing to revive, “as quickly as attainable, the traditional functioning of its exercise.
Local media stated funds at shops had been largely unaffected, however purchasers reported issues getting their purchasing payments and utilizing the Continente loyalty playing cards.
Sonae shares had been little modified at 1.013 euros on the Euronext Lisbon inventory change.
Since the start of this yr, two different giant Portuguese firms, the media and tv conglomerate Impresa and telecom Vodafone Portugal, have additionally suffered assaults by hackers.
(Reporting by Sergio Goncalves, enhancing by Andrei Khalip and Jason Neely)
