SEVERAL European retailers have confirmed cyber incidents disrupting operations. Netherlands-based Ahold Delhaize said on 12 October 2026 that it was experiencing “a security issue” within its networks and had to take certain systems offline, affecting three brands: Albert Heijn (Netherlands/Belgium), Etos, and Gall & Gall. The following day, The Foschini Group (TFG) in South Africa disclosed a cyber incident impacting its UK subsidiary TFG London from 11 October, with certain IT systems affected.
TFG reported that Inside Story and White Stuff were not impacted and stressed that TFG Africa and TFG Australia subsidiaries were unaffected, adding that the company had informed the relevant UK authorities. Commentary from Huntress emphasised that the disparate impact on brands within the same group suggested some degree of system separation limiting the blast radius.
ASOS later confirmed an intrusion into “third-party platforms” used to communicate with customers, with personal information including names and contact details and some non-personal account information accessed; it asserted that no payment-card information or account passwords were affected. The developments come against a backdrop of ongoing disruptions to French supermarket chains hit by a large-scale cyber-attack that disrupted refrigeration systems and caused significant financial losses.
There was no indication that the incidents were related. Reports also linked H&M to a potential incident, though the retailer stated there was no evidence of a data environment compromise at the time of writing.