A cybersecurity “issue” has led the parent company of a supermarket chain to disconnect some systems to protect them. Ahold Delhaize USA said it recently detected a cybersecurity issue within its US network.

A cybersecurity “issue” has led the parent company of a supermarket chain to disconnect some systems to protect them.Ahold Delhaize USA said it recently detected a cybersecurity issue within its US network.

Efforts to investigate the cybersecurity “issue” prompted the grocery giant's parent company to disconnect some systems to protect them.

On Friday the parent company of Stop & Shop, Ahold Delhaize, released a statement that said an investigation is being conducted after a recent cybersecurity issue within its U.S. network. Their security team along with outside cybersecurity experts are working to detect the issue and take steps to further protect their systems.

Ahold Delhaize USA said it recently detected a cybersecurity issue within its US network. "Immediately upon detecting the issue, our security teams began an investigation with the assistance of external cybersecurity experts," the company said.

Connecticut’s largest supermarket chain, Stop & Shop, reported cybersecurity issues on Friday but has been tight-lipped about what transpired. A lot is still unknown about the extent of the computer system hack,

The chain's grocery stores are short on certain products as the parent company deals with an undisclosed cybersecurity incident.

Stop & Shop supermarkets across Connecticut have bare shelves due to a cybersecurity issue. “A lot of the shelves were empty, a lot of staples too,” Hamden resident Michael Montefusco said. Shelf after shelf were bare causing customers like Montefusco to cut his grocery list short.