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Co-op apologises after hackers extract ‘significant’ amount of customer data
The National Cyber Security Centre and the National Crime Agency are assisting with an inquiry, the group said
The group, which owns more than 2,000 grocery stores and more than 800 funeral parlours and offers legal and financial services, said hackers had been able to access personal data including names and contact details relating to an undisclosed number of the mutual’s current and past members – of which there are more than 6.2 million. “While we have been able to protect our Co-op from significant trading disruption, which is often the intent of these sorts of attacks, I am very sorry that this member information was accessed,” she wrote. “We have implemented measures to ensure that we prevent unauthorised access to our systems whilst minimising disruption for our members, customers, colleagues and partners.
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