Security News > 2023 > March > Staples-owned Essendant facing multi-day "outage," orders frozen
Essendant, a wholesale distributor of stationary and office supplies, is experiencing a multi-day systems "Outage" preventing customers and suppliers from placing and fulfilling online orders.
Headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, Essendant also operates in Dubai, UAE. A systems outage at Essendant is preventing the placement or fulfillment of online orders, thereby impacting both the company's customers and suppliers.
The ongoing operational outage is understood to have begun sometime on the evening of Monday, March 6, 2023, and Essendant continues to make its recovery efforts.
Orders placed but not physically shipped prior to the outage of Monday night will be canceled by the company.
Essendant stocks over 160,000 types of items including traditional office products, office furniture, janitorial and break room supplies, and technology products, serving approximately 30,000 reseller customers.
BleepingComputer reached out to Staples and Essendant with questions but we were not provided with any additional information, other what is already mentioned in Essendant's public notice.