The retail giant cooperation in the United Kingdom confirms that the infiltrators stole all 6.5 million customer records

The CEO of the retail bloc in the United Kingdom said on Wednesday that the infiltrators stole the personal data of all the company’s customers during the electronic attack in April.

Simet-Heelt-Hels T collection BBC News The infiltrators copied the list of members of the company, which includes 6.5 million members, but the cooperative closed its network before the infiltrators were able to imprison its systems using the Ransomware program.

Members data includes names, addresses and contact information.

The closure of the retail network later led to a widespread internal disorder through its offices in the United Kingdom and grocery stores.

the Violation In April, it was part of a broader piracy campaign targeting the retail sector in the United Kingdom, which also witnessed Stealing an unspecified amount of customer data From Marks & Spencer and trying to electronic attack on Harrods. Electronic attacks were attributed to scattered spider, a Group of most of them are young infiltrators This uses deception tactics to deceive corporate instructions to give them access to their network.

Earlier in July, UK authorities Four people were arrested by claiming There are links to retail electronic attacks, including a 20 -year -old woman, two men between 19 years old, and a young man between 17 years old. He accused the four of piracy and extortion, and participating as a member of the organized crime group.

Since electronic attacks, according to what was reported, the infiltrators have moved To target the aviation and transport industryBesides Insurance companies – The sectors that store huge amounts of consumer data.

It is not known how much this violation will cost. according to Retailing industry news portThe cooperation had no insurance for cybersecurity at the time of penetration, which could lead to the company to incur heavy financial costs.