Co-op boss admits all 6.5m members had data stolen in cyber-attack

The cyber-attack on the Co-op led to gaps on shelves in its grocery stores and funeral parlours were forced to revert to running some services via paper-based systems. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

The chief executive of the Co-op has apologised to its customers after admitting that all 6.5 million of the mutual’s members had their data stolen in a recent cyber-attack.

Shirine Khoury-Haq told the BBC she was “incredibly sorry” for the attack in which names and addresses and contact information was obtained by hackers.