If our destiny is cyber-attacks and empty shelves at the Co-op, here’s what we should do next

[Caute_cautim]

Hi All

You have recently seen the posts about cyber security attacks on super markets in the UK...are you prepared?

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I have seen the future. It was one morning last week – at the Co-op. Shelves that once groaned now had nothing much on them. Sad signs where the baked beans and tinned tuna once lived reduced to a study in impotence. Following a cyber-attack more than two weeks ago that decimated its supply systems, the supermarket has struggled to recover. We would like to sell you stuff, but our cupboard is empty, the shelves say, as yours must now be.

Surveying the emptiness, I turned to the stocky stranger beside me who was reaching into the pastry cupboard with the plastic tongs. “This is what it will be like when the bomb drops,” I said. He smiled, nodded, and grabbed another croissant. He’s smart. If this is what is coming, what a simple cyber-attack can wreak – nothing to do with Enola Gay or the Peaky Blinders bloke as Oppenheimer – two croissants a day will seem an ambitious diet.

Are you prepping yet? I haven’t been. Things are bleak and the world seems as tinderbox dangerous as it has been in my lifetime, but I have yet to fill the apocalypse preparatory bag, as so many have, and as an increasing number of governments say we should all be doing."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/19/cyber-attacks-empty-shelves-co-op-prepping

Regards

Caute_Cautim

[dcontesti]

This is a sad piece as there is a chance that it could become reality.  We hope (and pray ) everyday that some sanity will hit.

We are seeing prices steadily increasing (a nickel here, a dime there and even a dollar in other places).  We are are seeing price differences in where a product is from (4.99 a pint for local strawberries, or 1.99 for USA berries).  

We in Security can only be vigilant for our employers in an attempt to ensure they are not hit by malware (including all forms).  And as always attempt to stay at the same pace as those who would do harm.

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