6,500,000 people had their details stolen after Co-op cyber attack
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'.
The retailer yanked the plug on its computer network to stop the thieves after they infected it with malicious software called malware.
Yet CEO Shirine Khoury-Haq told the BBC this morning that the incident was far worse than thought.
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She said: 'There was no financial data, no transaction data, but it was names and addresses and contact information that was lost.'
Khoury-Haq said she was 'devastated' by the attack and was 'incredibly sorry' for it.
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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