Stop & Shop officials said an IT system outage is the reason behind empty shelves and low supply on some of the essentials.

SOUTHBURY - The shelves at Stop & Shop in Southbury Plaza were finally back to near normal Thursday following a data breach of the supermarket chain's ordering system that had left them all but bare.It was a similar story across the state,

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.

Kaitlyn Krasselt, a spokeswoman for the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection which regulates pharmacies in the state, said the agency was aware of delays in processing prescriptions at Stop & Shop pharmacies last Friday, but that the backlog has since been resolved.

On Friday, Stop & Shop’s parent company, Ahold Delhaize USA, announced that it had launched an investigation into the breach. The company is working with external cybersecurity experts and law enforcement to “assess and mitigate the issue.

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

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