Retailer confirms systems were not affected.
Waterstones is the latest company to report having been affected by the Blue Yonder ransomware attack.
A Waterstones spokesperson told The Bookseller that its own systems had not been affected, its workarounds had been effective and it has continued to receive deliveries and send daily deliveries to its shops
“We are one of hundreds of companies worldwide that have been indirectly affected by connectivity issues for our warehouse systems, caused by the ransomware attack on Blue Yonder,” it said.
The attack on Blue Yonder was first reported in November, with many global companies partially affected.
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
