6,500,000 people had their details stolen after Co-op cyber attack

London, UK, February 7 2024, The Co-Op logo outside a store in London
The retailer was one of several victims of a wave of hacks in April (Picture: Shutterstock / WD Stock Photos)

Co-op has admitted that all 6.5million people on its membership scheme had their details stolen in a cyber attack.

The supermarket chain was breached in April, causing limited damage to its back office and call centre services. 

Co-op initially said it took ‘steps to keep systems safe’ and that there was ‘no evidence that customer data was compromised’.

Yet CEO Shirine Khoury-Haq told the BBC this morning that the incident was far worse than thought.

She said: ‘There was no financial data, no transaction data, but it was names and addresses and contact information that was lost.’

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Khoury-Haq said she was ‘devastated’ by the attack.

She added: ‘Early on, I met with our IT staff and they were in the midst of it. I will never forget the looks on their faces, trying to fight off these criminals.’

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