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Co-op cyber attack affects customer data, firm admits, after hackers contact BBC

The firm previously said there was 'no evidence that customer data was compromised'.

After being contacted by BBC News on Friday, a Co-op spokesperson said the hackers "accessed data relating to a significant number of our current and past members". The anonymous hackers shared with the BBC screenshots of the first extortion message they sent to Co-op's head of cyber security in an internal Microsoft Teams chat on 25th April. It's not known who is ultimately using the DragonForce service to attack the retailers, but some security experts say the tactics seen are similar to that of a loosely coordinated group of hackers who have been called Scattered Spider or Octo Tempest.

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