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Britain's Co-op says hackers have extracted customer data
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on May 2, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on May 2, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
Co-op Group confirms a data breach affecting customer details amid a cyberattack, with investigations ongoing alongside national security agencies.
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's Co-op Group said hackers had accessed and extracted customer data from one of its systems as it continued to experience a sustained cyberattack, it said on Friday.
The Co-op, which is owned by its members and trades from over 2,300 food stores across the UK and also has funeral care, legal and insurance businesses, had said on Wednesday that hackers had attempted to break into its systems, following a major attack on clothing and food retailer Marks & Spencer.
It said on Friday the accessed data included information relating to a significant number of its current and past members, including personal data such as names, contact details and dates of birth.
It did not, however, include members' passwords, bank or credit card details, transactions or information relating to any members' or customers' products or services with the group.
The Co-op apologised and said it was investigating the breach in conjunction with the National Cyber Security Centre and the National Crime Agency.
(Reporting by James Davey; editing by Alistair Smout)
The main topic is a data breach at Co-op Group due to a cyberattack, affecting customer information.
Hackers accessed personal data such as names, contact details, and dates of birth, but not financial information.
The breach is being investigated by the Co-op in conjunction with the National Cyber Security Centre and the National Crime Agency.
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