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Stop & Shop

US supermarket chain owned by Ahold Delhaize.

Stop & Shop is a supermarket chain founded in 1914 that serves the north-eastern United States under Ahold Delhaize USA.

Last refreshed: 22 October 2026 · Appears in 1 active topic

Key Question

When will Stop & Shop's online shopping fully recover from the October incident?

Timeline for Stop & Shop

#15 19 Oct

Ahold Delhaize confirms attack on brands

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Background

Stop & Shop is a US supermarket chain serving the north-eastern United States. The business dates to 1914 and became an early East Coast developer of the superstore format. It is now part of Ahold Delhaize USA, the American Arm of the Dutch-Belgian food retail group.

The chain operates physical supermarkets alongside online ordering and fulfilment. Its retail channels cover in-store shopping, websites, delivery and order collection. The Stop & Shop name remains local, while ownership and wider group functions sit within Ahold Delhaize's United States business.

Common Questions

What is known about sensitive Stop & Shop customer data?

As of 19 October 2026, Ahold Delhaize said it had no evidence that sensitive customer, associate or partner data was taken. Its investigation was still ongoing.Source: Ahold Delhaize

What happened to Stop & Shop's online shopping in October 2026?

Stop & Shop's online services were disrupted after Ahold Delhaize took systems offline during a cyber incident. Stores remained open while US e-commerce recovered in phases.Source: Ahold Delhaize

Who owns Stop & Shop?

Stop & Shop is one of the local supermarket brands owned by Ahold Delhaize USA.Source: Ahold Delhaize

Source Material

Ahold Delhaize confirms malicious actions caused cyber outages at grocery brands Ahold Delhaize update on status of cybersecurity incident Ahold Delhaize brands

How the World Sees Them

FirstVDS

There are no traces of the attack on the affected virtual servers

ESET

first documented case of Yggdrasil being abused in this way by a state-aligned threat actor

Cyber Security Agency of Singapore

Attackers are exploiting

Canadian Centre for Cyber Security

open-source reporting indicating that the vulnerability is being exploited in the wild

Ahold Delhaize (Frans Muller)

was caused by the malicious actions of others

ENISA

the manufacturer is not required to comply with the vulnerability handling obligations

CERT-FR (ANSSI)

probablement toujours en cours

ASOS

impersonating a trusted contact

Check Point

actively exploited on Spark Firewalls as of September 12, 2026

Written with AI from Lowdown's published reporting. Not individually reviewed by an editor. Updated 22 October 2026. Editorial standards.