Skanlog, a critical distributor for Systembolaget, the Swedish government-owned retail chain suffered a ransomware attack. Systembolaget has a monopoly on the sale of alcoholic beverages containing more than 3.5% alcohol by volume. It operates stores across Sweden and is responsible for the retail sale of wine, spirits, and strong beer.
“It affects about 15% of our sales volume. Wine and liquor most of all,” Sofia Sjöman Waas, a press officer at Systembolaget, told Euronews Next. “We are accustomed to handling small to large scales of disruptions even though they are rarely on this scale,” Waas added. “We have many other items delivered to us as usual via other distributors. Therefore, there will continuously be many alternatives available at our stores,”
