UK Retail Giant Co-op certifies hackers stolen all 6.5 million customer records

The chief executive of ZK retail conglomerate on Wednesday says hackers stolen personal data to all company customers in a cyberattack of April with a cyberattack of the company.

Co-op group CEO Simet-Helt-Hels T BBC News Hackers have copied the member of the company of 6.5 million members, but co-op closed its network before locking these hackers in its ransomware’s hackers.

Members data includes names, addresses, and contact information.

After closing the store network later resulted in the massive internal disruption to UK offic offices and grocery stores.

the breach of co-op In April one part of a wider hacking campaign is fastening the UK retail sector, seen as well theft of an unspecified amount of customer data From Marks & Spencer and a cyberattack test of Harrods. Cyberattacks are dedicated to scattered spider, a Collect most of the young hackers That’s the use of cheating tactics to deceive companies it helps to help them access their network.

Earlier in July, UK authorities arrested four people due to alleged Having links to retail cyberattacks, including a 20-year-old woman, two men aged 19, and a young person accused of an organized crime group.

Since cyberattacks, hackers are reported to move To target the plane and transport industryas well as Insurance companies – Sectors that store large amounts of consumers data.

Don’t know what to break the co-op cost it. According to A Retail Industry News OutletCo-op does not have cybersecity insurance at hack time, which can result in the company with considerable financial costs.