Co-op admits hackers extracted ‘significant’ amount of customer data

Co-op admits hackers extracted ‘significant’ amount of customer data
Co-op on Friday (2) admitted that the hackers were able to access and extract data relating to a “significant number” of its customers from one of its systems after it was hit by a cyber attack. The Co-op was forced to shut down parts of its IT system on Wednesday (30) after discovering an attempted hack days after Marks & Spencer faced a serious cyber-incident. The group, which owns more than 2,000 grocery stores apart from more than 800 funeral parlours, 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.
It said the hackers had not been able to access passwords or financial information such as bank or credit card details, transactions or information relating to any members’ or customers’ products or services with the Co-op Group. The group stated in a statement, "As a result of ongoing forensic investigations, we now know that the hackers were able to access and extract data from one of our systems.