AUSTIN, TX - It isn’t Halloween yet, but there do seem to be some active ghosts in the cyber network. Whole Foods experienced technical issues at registers in several states, but looks to be quickly rectifying the situation.

“We’ve experienced an unforeseen login issue within our point of sale systems, and registers are resetting and coming back online,” Global Vice President of Communications Brooke Buchanan responded to the occurrence in a press release.

Fortunately the spotty cyber hiccups were not a complete blackout, according to news source NBC Bay Area, though shoppers were reporting via social media that register shutdowns were occurring at stores in several states. The report did not list which states were experiencing the outages.

Some responses to Whole Foods’ reaction were positive, with one consumer tweeting “Just got 24 donuts at Whole Foods and the register wasn't working so they gave them to me for free omg,” with very expressive and happy emojis.

Others that reported long waits were responded to promptly by the retailer’s social media channels, apologizing for any inconvenience and assuring that it was working to solve the problem as quickly as possible.

Twitter itself just recently fell victim to crashes when it was included in a DDoS attack last Friday, but the news source reported that, luckily, no such attack seems to have been attempted on Whole Foods operations.

AndNowUKnow will report any updates as they are made.

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