Security News > 2021 > December > Spar shops across northern England shut after cyber attack hits payment processing abilities

The British arm of Dutch supermarket chain Spar has shut hundreds of shops after suffering an "Online attack," the company has confirmed to The Register.

"This has not affected all SPAR stores across the North of England," a Spar spokesman told us, "But a number have been impacted over the past 24 hours and we are working to resolve this situation as quickly as possible."

The publication reported that food distie James Hall & Co, which provides services to 600 Spar stores was also down - the company website is serving up only an Error 20 code, indicating a general network failure.

"At James Hall we are currently aware of an online attack on our IT systems. This has affected around 330 SPAR stores across the North of England over the past 24 hours and we are working to resolve this situation as quickly as possible," it told LancsLive.

Spar has a total of 2,600 shops in the UK and, according to its website, £3bn in annual turnover.

Spar is not the only large UK retailer to suffer a recent cyber attack.

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