Co-op chief ‘personally hurt' following cyber attack that stole 6.5 million members' data
Speaking to BBC Breakfast on Wednesday (16 July), Shirine Khoury-Haq said that she was 'personally hurt' after the attack, which saw hackers obtain names, addresses and contact information.
She revealed: 'Their data was copied, the criminals did have access to it like they do when they hack organisations. That is the awful part of this.'
Ms Khoury-Haq said that Co-op members, who are all paid a share of the business' profits, had been 'hurt' by the cyber attack, something she said she takes 'personally'.
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