One of the UK’s largest supermarkets, Tesco, has had its site and app partially knocked offline in an apparent hack. The firm initially tweeted about the outage at 9:03 a.m. local time on Saturday but visiting the website now will display an error message if you go past the home screen. According to BBC News, the outage isn’t accidental, the firm told BBC that someone was attempting to interfere with its systems.
In an update, a spokesperson from Tesco said:
“There is no reason to believe that this issue impacts customer data and we continue to take ongoing action to make sure all data stays safe.
Since yesterday, we've been experiencing disruption to our online grocery website and app.
An attempt was made to interfere with our systems which has caused problems with the search function on the site. We're working hard to fully restore all services and apologise for the inconvenience.”
We’re still experiencing disruption with our groceries website and app.We’re working hard to get things back to normal, and we're really sorry for the inconvenience. pic.twitter.com/vzWmlXIV7t
— Tesco (@Tesco) October 24, 2021
While many people who do their shopping in person will be unaffected by the outage, there have been growing numbers of people who have started ordering their shopping online due to COVID-19. Many of these customers have reported issues with their orders. One customer speaking to BBC News said that instead of her ..
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