Co-op hackers ‘stole private data of 20,000,000 shoppers’ in huge cyber attack

Up to 20 million shoppers may have had their personal data stolen (Picture: Alamy)A cyber attack on Co-op previously downplayed by bosses may have compromised up to 20,000,000 shoppers’ personal information.The company on Wednesday announced hackers had broken into its IT network but said it took ‘steps to keep systems safe’ and did not believe customer data had been leaked.
Today it admitted the attack was much worse than thought after the BBC reported it had seen a huge samp