how to respond to the student's post and ask a follow up question? This Thursday before last, specifically, June 5th, the company United Natural Foods, a company that supplies grocery stores like Whole Foods and 30,000 other supermarket chains, e-commerce providers, and independent retailers, was the target of a cyberattack that led to a disruption in business operations. According to an SEC filing, it had detected unauthorized activity on some of its systems and, in response, took them offline temporarily, which in turn impacted the company's ability to fulfill and distribute orders. As a result of this, the company's shares tumbled almost 7% in trading. Whether or not this was a ransomware attack in particular remains to be seen, as the company investigates the scope and effects of the attack (Kovacs, 2025). This is an interesting case because it is an excellent illustration of how cyberattacks that target critical supply chain infrastructure can quickly escalate to consumer shortages and significant financial loss. Supply chain attacks have been surging recently (Shread, 2025), with attackers taking advantage of AI to automate tools and find new ways to circumvent companies' security. All of this underscores a particularly urgent need for retailers and distributors to secure every link in their IT ecosystem, because some hackers aren't just aiming for data access, but are also out to simply sabotage and disrupt